I’m about halfway through Alan Watt’s autobiography “In My Own Way”. I’m a little disappointed that this book reads nothing like his usual analogy-laden easy-read philosophy. Instead it’s very convoluted with the names of people, places, and even a little bit of intellectual pretension (even though Watts would disagree). I have however found a few philosophical gems hidden amongst it’s pages.
Regarding Universities – ” They are production lines turning out stereotyped personnel and consumers for the industrial machine-a machine which is more and more subservient, not to human needs, but to the abstract purposes of technological expansion for its own sake, of the money game, and of the competition for the hollow rewards of status. “
About to graduate in May with a degree in marketing this quote really hits home. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for the better part of two years now.
Who will save my soul?
Alan Watts you make me even more cynical.
Tags: alan watts, buddhism, eastern philosophy, education, in my own way
April 17, 2008 at 1:15 am
“who will save my soul?”
Well, I believe if you convert to Catholicism and drop some money in the basket every sunday Jesus will save your eternal soul. So, I hear.
I’m not big into gimmicks like Time Shares and Religion though, so I can’t be 100% positive on this Catholicism money thing saving your soul.
*my post are random and may not be what you are looking for in a response, but hopefully my humor brightens your day a bit.