shine

I suppose its just an anxiety to live within the world of thought.

It is of course possible to earn a living through one means and use your spare time to learn and engage intellectually with the world. Whether it is more, less, or equally fulfilling to do this I cannot say.

Noam Chomsky says real thinkers engage in 'the constant struggle to create a better world'

I don't accept the notion that we cannot create a better world. Relativism? Each-to-their-ownism? .... nah ...

I don't care if its for selfish reasons that one wants to be part of an intellectual circle or to understand the world better. I think its important. I think its important for those who can think to think properly. To question and grind up against the norm. There are many philosophical loops that will swing you out of the firing line of responsibility.

It is not that you have to actively convince others of another way but that you are aware that there is another way and that you think about it, learn about it, and respond to it in an intellectual and illuminating way. Even if that way only illuminates yourself.

Shine on brother.

Shine on.