The other day, I was talking to an acquaintance and I asked a simple question; "Why did Americans turn off their minds?" and then I thought to myself, did Americans knowingly do this or were those minds turned off for them? In other words, is it a fault of the media, the political structure, their employment, the education system, or the proverbial; all of the above? Okay so, let's talk about this for a moment shall we?
The other day, I was discussing this philosophical thought with a fellow thinking, John Altmann, and I had inquired in our dialogue; "Don't you feel as if we have a dummying down in our society, and that folks are less-than capable of thinking - isn't that one of the problems that society is so easily led astray in the first place?"
You see, we were discussing philosophy, and it seems everyone should be interested in these topics, it is the foundation of human society, and yet, they don't seem to understand, or even care - how can this be? It's almost scary when you think about it. Indeed, I told John that "I am enjoying this conversation and dialogue. I also enjoyed the essay he wrote which we later dissected thoroughly.
Later, I noted that some might be offended by such an intellectual dialogue and discourse, or essay of the same vein due to their mind-numbing brainwashing; TV + school + political advertising. Still, that doesn't mean they shouldn't hear such points of contention, if nothing more than to make them think and challenge themselves and those who indoctrinate them.
I guess folks have a choice, and it's not for me to make, but it is for them to decide, either they use their minds for what they are for, or they don't and let them rot, it appears folks have made that decision by failure to consider the choice in advance, now it's too late for them. Maybe more philosophical writing in the right places could wake a few of them up? That would be excellent, if we could get Americans to think again.
There was an old television commercial for a Channel in Los Angeles which stated; "Tune into KABC because there is more to life than news, weather, and sports." Indeed, they were capturing the essence of what folks were thinking at the time, this was the early 80s, but today, no one seems to even realize that there is more to life than FaceBook, Twitter, Obama, Oprah, the National Inquirer, People Magazine, Jerry Springer, Dancing with the Stars, and their iPhone. But I assure you there is.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/
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