“How our society started worshipping idiots.” A discussion about Socrates.
I would like to hear about your personal experiences with this phenomenon of valuing entertainment over substance, and whether you agree or disagree with Socrates that our ultimate human goal should be the pursuit of Wisdom and *why?*
Do you truly believe we can make things better and that at any age people can still be taught to care?
For me I think that *ideally* we should be trying to figure out how to imbue our human experience with meaning and focus on taking care of each other and the world we share with other people and all living creatures, but know that it is an extremely tall order, and I don’t believe that we can do that *without introspection, deep thought, wisdom, and a willingness to ask questions.*
So I think that, at least to an extent, Socrates was correct to value wisdom above all else because I don’t think people are capable of making good decisions without wisdom, perspective, a healthy dose of humility, and an abundance of genuine curiosity about the world around us and how it fundamentally works!
But what do you think?
Do you truly believe we actually have the capability to put things right and teach people how to sit with uncomfortable questions again?
Or are we simply doomed to a painfully slow decline, and an eventual inevitable extinction because not enough people will mentally and emotionally evolve quickly enough?
What are your thoughts / feelings / beliefs / experiences / whatever the hell you can think up?
Happy discussing my home-skillets!