...which tells you that what they've spent most of their lives doing (politics, money-making mostly) has required very little reflection or fuel for reflection. "Animal spirits," as the expression goes. So that when asked what ideas drive their beliefs, they must reach waaaay back to the last time they did anything that felt like thinkin…
...which tells you that what they've spent most of their lives doing (politics, money-making mostly) has required very little reflection or fuel for reflection. "Animal spirits," as the expression goes. So that when asked what ideas drive their beliefs, they must reach waaaay back to the last time they did anything that felt like thinking. Curled up in the family rec room, reading that Very Long Book that was just chock-full of Very Big Ideas. Reading Ayn Rand. (NB: There's an excellent chapter in Tobias Wolff's memoir/novel Old School that takes off the whole Ayn Rand cult brilliantly. The whole book is very good.)
...which tells you that what they've spent most of their lives doing (politics, money-making mostly) has required very little reflection or fuel for reflection. "Animal spirits," as the expression goes. So that when asked what ideas drive their beliefs, they must reach waaaay back to the last time they did anything that felt like thinking. Curled up in the family rec room, reading that Very Long Book that was just chock-full of Very Big Ideas. Reading Ayn Rand. (NB: There's an excellent chapter in Tobias Wolff's memoir/novel Old School that takes off the whole Ayn Rand cult brilliantly. The whole book is very good.)