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I'm spending a large chunk of my time reading now and it makes me wonder. I read and read and hope I acquire knowledge and that it does me some type of good, and more importantly enables me to do something to make some kind of bigger impact. And it's all really vague and I seem to have a problem of not being able to pinpoint facts or completely remember what I read. I guess my fear about academics is-- it's exciting and admirable and maybe a bit pretentious -- that I am going to get lost inside some world where I could just think forever and never really do anything. So I guess I'm wondering how much I really think knowledge and discourse can accomplish. I don't want to go through life engaging in a world of ideas without ever acting, yet I guess I'm somewhat seduced by the power that knowledge gives those who hold it, and by the opportunity to maybe have one unique thought at some point in my life.
They're saying that the petition to Zuckerberg was my generation's first revolution and I think that's so depressing. I ran into John the other night and we talked for a while. I love to talk to older people because it's interesting to hear what they think about us. Apparently he has a lot more faith in me and my contemporaries than I do. It made me feel so cynical and jaded when I told him how messed up we all were by technology and convenience and now I'm writing about it in my livejournal. Fuck.
They're saying that the petition to Zuckerberg was my generation's first revolution and I think that's so depressing. I ran into John the other night and we talked for a while. I love to talk to older people because it's interesting to hear what they think about us. Apparently he has a lot more faith in me and my contemporaries than I do. It made me feel so cynical and jaded when I told him how messed up we all were by technology and convenience and now I'm writing about it in my livejournal. Fuck.