We Often Have To Explain To Young People Why Study Is Useful. Its Pointless Telling Them That Its For

“We often have to explain to young people why study is useful. It’s pointless telling them that it’s for the sake of knowledge, if they don’t care about knowledge. Nor is there any point in telling them that an educated person gets through life better than an ignoramus, because they can always point to some genius who, from their standpoint, leads a wretched life. And so the only answer is that the exercise of knowledge creates relationships, continuity, and emotional attachments. It introduces us to parents other than our biological ones. It allows us to live longer, because we don’t just remember our own life but also those of others. It creates an unbroken thread that runs from our adolescence (and sometimes from infancy) to the present day. And all this is very beautiful.”

Umberto Eco (1932 - 2016, RIP)

Quando ti fai quattrocentosettordicimila chilometri da Firenze a Napoli in incognito, ancora fresco fresco di trauma, rischiando ogni secondo di venire nuovamente rapito e/o barbaramente ucciso, per pagare il sudato riscatto del tuo dolce nipotino e poi lui con nonchalance ti brucia davanti agli occhi la lettera di cambio

suzanne collins killing prim after everything katniss did to save her.......... THATS how you write a story about the brutality and futility of war ma'am thats what we call a compelling and fucked up narrative yessums thats storytelling babes!!!!

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