MAR 31 WGU -p.234. FL 37-38
1. What mixed messages keep us in states of immaturity?
2. The older you get, the more you know what?
3. What does the U-bend tell us about aging?
4. Growing up means realizing what?
5. Philosophy is an attempt to wrestle with what three questions, according to Kant?
6. The young have only vague and erroneous notions of what, according to de Beauvoir?
7. Shakespeare's As You Like It is a gloss on what modern message?
8. Philosophers seek answers to children's questions such as what?
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1. What was the message of The Courage to Heal?
2. What happened in Bakesfield CA in the early '80s?
3. A line of "consequential synergy" extends from flying saucers to what?
4. What's important to recognize about the Branch Davidian cult in Texas in the '90s?
5. What tv-radio"symbiosis" stoked conspiracism in the '90s?
Discussion Questions:
- "Children make more compliant subjects and consumers." 193 Are we a nation of children, in this sense?
- Do you know any adults who never grew up, or who say they admire Peter Pan, or who are "young at heart" and "open to the world"? 194 Or any young people who missed out on the joys of childhood?
- Do you wish you looked older than you do? Why?
- Is life like a journey in Neurath's boat? 196
- "Maturity cannot be commanded, it must be desired." 198 Do you desire it?
- "I wish I'd known enough to ask my teachers the right questions before they died." 198 Do you (now) have questions for people it's too late to ask?
- "Most people grow happier as they grow older." 198 Does this surprise you?
- "Growing up means realizing that no time of one's life is the best one," just as each season of the year brings its own unique joys. 202 "To be interested in the changing seasons is, in this middling zone, a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." (George Santayana) Do you agree?
- Do you understand what Kant meant by saying you have duties to yourself? 203
- Have you yet discovered the pleasures of generativity and generosity? 204
- Do you know anyone who treats people as means to their own ends? 206 Do you want to?
- Did you grow up in "a home filled with good books and articulate people"? 209 Do you intend to provide such a home for your children?
- If musicians and bilingual speakers have more neural connections than others, why aren't music and languages more heavily emphasized in our schools? 210
- Do you see college as an opportunity to "expand your judgment and enlarge your mind"? 213
- Is "think for yourself" necessarily vague? 215
- Are you glad you didn't live before the Enlightenment, when your life would have been largely determined by your father's (and his, and his...)? 216
- Do you agree with Leibniz, that most people would choose on their deathbed to live their lives again only on the condition that they would be different next time?
- Do you prefer Nietzsche's version of eternal recurrence (220), or Bill Murray's in Groundhog Day, or Hume's preference for the next ten years and not the last (221), or none of the above?
- Do you enjoy the music of any older popular musicians (Dylan, Springsteen...)? 225
- "The fear of growing up is less a fear of dying than a fear of life itself." 230 Agree?
- Was Shakespeare really saying life sucks and then you die? Or was he mocking that view?
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- If/when you become a parent, will you be "anxious, frightened, overprotective" and constantly worried about the threat of child-napping? 326
- What do you think of "the message of The Courage to Heal"? 328
- What accounts for the "rising chorus of panicky Christian crazy talk"? 330
- Do you know any real "Devil worshippers"? Do you believe devils exist? Why? 334
- What do you think of Bakersfield's "big outbreak" and LA County's "Satanic Panic"? 337
- "Younger people know nothing about [our Satanic Panic of just a generation ago], and almost nobody is aware of its scale and duration and damage." True? 340
- What's the harm of obsessing about flying saucers etc.? 345
- Do you know anyone who believes that "everybody has been in on" a one-world government conspiracy orchestrated by space aliens? 347-8
- Were the Branch Davidians fundamentally different from mainstream Protestantism? 350
- What do you think of The X-Files? 354
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1. Whether or not we should stop dreaming or do the things that keeps us feeling young
2. The plateaus are not endless. the plunges are rarely fatal
3. People become increasingly unhappy until middle age
4. That no time of ones life is the best one
5. What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope?
6. Growing older
7. "Life sucks and then you die"
8. Why should I grow up? Follow rules? Get an education? How do I know? Find meaning? Shape my own life?
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1. Half of the world wants you to stop dreaming and accept the world as it is, while the other bombards you with products and suggestions to keep you young.
2. The more you know that the plateaus and plunges of life are not the end. You must keep going, as life goes on.
3. The U-turn is that most people around the world become increasing unhappy until about middle age, when they then start getting happier as they age.
4. Growing up means "realizing
that no time of one’s life is the best one, and resolving to savor every second of joy within reach. You know each will pass, and you no longer experience that as betrayal".
5. The three questions are: what can I know, what should I do, and what may I hope?
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1. The choice between doing things that keeps us feeling young or accepting the world as it is.
2. "the more you know that the plateaus are not endless, the plunges rarely fatal."
3. People generally get more unhappy as they near middle life and grow happy once they are past middle life.
4. "Growing up means realizing that no time of one’s life is the best one, and resolving to savour every second of joy within reach."
5. What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope?
6. Being old.
7. "life sucks and then you die."
8. "Why should I grow up? Follow rules? Get an education? How do I know? Find meaning? Shape my own life?"
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ReplyDelete1. What mixed messages keep us in states of immaturity? “Half of them urge us to get serious, stop dreaming and accept the world as it is. The other half blasts us with products and suggestions that are meant to keep us young.”
2. The older you get, the more you know what? You know that the plateaus are not endless, the plunges rarely fatal.
3. What does the U-bend tell us about aging? People become increasingly unhappy until middle age.
4. Growing up means realizing what? No time of one’s life is the best one, resolving to savour every second of joy within reach.
5. Philosophy is an attempt to wrestle with what three questions, according to Kant? What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope?
6. The young have only vague and erroneous notions of what, according to de Beauvoir? Growing older
7. Shakespeare's As You Like It is a gloss on what modern message? “ Life sucks and then you die.”
8. Philosophers seek answers to children's questions such as what? “ Why should I grow up? Follow rules? Get an education? How do I know? Find meaning? Shape my own life?
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ReplyDelete1. What mixed messages keep us in states of immaturity?
The mixed messages are split in half, the first half urge us to get serious, stop dreaming and accept the world as it is. Whereas the other half, blasts us with products and suggestions that are meant to keep us young.
2. The older you get, the more you know what?
The older we get, the more you know that plateaus are not endless, and the plunges are rarely fatal.
3. What does the U-bend tell us about aging?
U-bend tells us, people report that their lives are happier as they grow older.
4. Growing up means realizing what?
By growing up you realize that, “that no time of one’s life is the best one, and resolving to savour every second of joy within reach”.
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ReplyDelete1. The message was "if you felt bad about yourself but couldn't figure out why, it was probably because you were molested or raped and had repressed those crippling memories."
3. A line of "consequential synergy" extends from flying saucers to 9/11 truthers to Donald Trump.
4. The leader and prophet was Vernon Howell. Howell was killed at 33 years old by the empire's henchmen. Many were killed in a gun battle.
5. The X-Files "codified an important swath of the new conspiracist paradigm." The symbiosis of The X-Files and Coast to Coast AM is clear.
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7. Shakespeare's As You Like It is a gloss on the modern message,"Life sucks then you die."
8.Philosophers seek answers to children's questions such as "why should I grow up" and "Why should I get an education?"
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1. What mixed messages keep us in states of immaturity?
The mixed messages that keep us in states of immaturity are two contradictory thoughts. One message is to get serious, accept the world as it is, and grow up. The other half blasts us with products that are meant to keep us young and say that you don’t have to accept what is.
2. The older you get, the more you know what?
The older you get, the more you know that the plateaus of life are not endless, and the plunges are rarely fatal.
3. What does the U-bend tell us about aging?
The U-bend tells us that people become increasingly unhappy until middle age - the average global low point occurs at forty-six, but it is then they report becoming steadily happier. People report that their lives are happier as they grow older.
4. Growing up means realizing what?
Growing up means realizing that no time of one’s life is the best one, and resolving to savor every second of joy within reach.
5. Philosophy is an attempt to wrestle with what three questions, according to Kant?
According to Kant, the three questions that philosophy wrestles with are: “What can I know?” “What should I do?” “What may I hope?”
6. The young have only vague and erroneous notions of what, according to de Beauvoir?
The young have only vague and erroneous notions of old age, according to de Beauvoir.
7. Shakespeare's As You Like It is a gloss on what modern message?
Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” is a gloss on the modern slogan - life sucks and then you die.
8. Philosophers seek answers to children's questions such as what?
Philosophers seek answers to children’s questions, such as: “Why should I grow up?” “Why should I follow rules?” “Why should I get an education?” “How do I know?” “How do I find meaning?” “How do I shape my own life?”
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1. What was the message of The Courage to Heal?
If you felt bad about yourself and your life but couldn’t figure out why, it was probably because you were molested or raped and suppressed those memories.
2. What happened in Bakersfield CA in the early '80s?
In Bakersfield, CA, there was a big outbreak of reports of “bizarre ritual events,” referring to satanic acts involving children, including cannibalism, babies bred for sacrifice, and blood-drinking. All of these claims were false.
3. A line of "consequential synergy" extends from flying saucers to what?
A line of “consequential synergy” extends from flying saucers to 9/11 truthers to Donald Trump.
4. What's important to recognize about the Branch Davidian cult in Texas in the '90s?
It is important to recognize that The Branch Davidian cult in Texas was a long-standing sub-group of a 150-year-old Protestant denomination that is one of the twenty largest churches in America.
5. What tv-radio "symbiosis" stoked conspiracism in the '90s?
The tv-radio “symbiosis” of the X-Files and Coast to Coast AM stoked conspiracism in the ‘90s.