And so it goes. Though there are weekly developments of "what?" kind of news, at the same time it's really nothing surprising at all. Another massacre, what? Oh, yeah ok another massacre. We're at the brink of nuclear war, what? Oh yeah ok, sure, brink of nuclear war. Aliens could descend and abduct thousands before TV cameras and I think I'd be surprised for perhaps an hour or two. Life is weird and yet at the same time it just goes on.
A couple of links. An article about how the Age of Reason morphed into the present Age of Anything Goes Squishy Thinking:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-america-lost-its-mind/534231/
Also, a compare and contrast article explaining The Greek Ideal v. American Ideal:
http://www.wescecil.com/blog/
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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