The Century of the Self - Part 4 of 4
There is enough insightful material in this series to teach a university course around. This is unquestionable.
Interestingly, however, even though I know the following question gets asked a lot in the rhetorical sense, I genuinely wonder why my high school social studies curriculum (or any of my schooling, for that matter) didn’t/doesn’t mandate screening this in its entirety?
Moreover, I find it strange and silly that I should have to resort to crass motivational tricks to try and convince casual readers into devoting time to this kind of self-education (fucking important as it is). Granted, occasionally I don’t have the free time or mental energy myself, but I always bookmark stuff like this for later. (On this note: how can people ever claim to be bored? The next time you find yourself refreshing Facebook waiting for updates, just pull up one of these bookmarked links and let your mind explode. You’ll even sleep better!)
Anyway, to put it simply: just by watching this video, I honestly think people can reach an entirely new level of understanding of how Western civilization works, and what drives modern society, economy, and politics. I sure did, and I’ve been consciously pursuing, internalizing and criticizing this kind of information for years now.
So of course I feel you should set aside a couple hours of your time to do the same (Twitter says: “that’s no more than a Twilight movie!”). Coming from a major procrastinator, you can be sure that when I say ‘getting over that first hurdle is by far the toughest part (of anything really),’ I’m being entirely sincere. This time, I’m just really confident you won’t regret it. Nay—I’m not just reasonably convinced—I’m 100% certain.
Consider yourself prodded.
Film.
