However, the crux of the issue is that none of that introspection is worth anything without real experience, and thats not something he has yet. Its not something most 18 yr olds have yet, so that’s normal, but I guess my worry from these posts is that they tend to be founded solely on conjecture and assume that they are right because the conjectures make sense to max, when its not backed up by any real experience or substantial knowledge of the subject matter.

Max I think you have a lot of potential to come up with some interesting conclusions, but in order to do so, I think its really important you go out in the world, go to college, do some work, etc. I dont think you can get the experience you need by staying at home and thinking about the world, you need to see it for yourself. I think once you have done so however, you could come up with some really insightful conclusions. But the order there is important

However, the crux of the issue is that none of that introspection is worth anything without real experience, and thats not something he has yet. Its not something most 18 yr olds have yet, so that’s normal, but I guess my worry from these posts is that they tend to be founded solely on conjecture and assume that they are right because the conjectures make sense to max, when its not backed up by any real experience or substantial knowledge of the subject matter.

Max I think you have a lot of potential to come up with some interesting conclusions, but in order to do so, I think its really important you go out in the world, go to college, do some work, etc. I dont think you can get the experience you need by staying at home and thinking about the world, you need to see it for yourself. I think once you have done so however, you could come up with some really insightful conclusions. But the order there is important

You don’t have to deflect everything he said, internalizing his comments shouldn’t lead you to negative conclusion. Don’t judge everything, there isn’t a “good” and “bad”, those things are only getting in the way of introspection, which is supposedly something you value.

Max you live a sheltered life. People in this country don’t even know if they’ have a job when they arrive at work in the morning and are being evicted form their houses. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you are spending thousands of dollars of someone’s hard earned money going to conferences and flying around in airplanes. No one expects you to know what life is about, you’ve only had a little taste of it. What about the kid who has to flip burgers after school, or wait tables at ihop before school, where do they fit into your paradigm? Maybe they didn’t have any other option, they might have a higher SAT than you and a higher IQ, but they live in a town where thats the only job they could find. My point is, you’re only concerned with the “people that matter”, just like all those conservative politicians you always complain about.

The most interesting part of your blog is learning about you from these posts. This latest rants exposes some of your insecurities and anxieties. Take a closer look. Although you have ascribed these tendencies to others around you, perhaps it hits a little closer to home. Personally, I think you have exposed some of your subconscious feelings without realizing it.

Finally, although there is no patent on ideas, if there was you’d be the definition of a plagiarizer. You see, although no idea is actually “original” in a sense, it is through conceiving the idea that you gain from it. Just because you can regurgitate from all that pop-literature you read doesn’t mean shit. Those guys writing those books wrote them for themselves, not for you. Max, get out of the house, get your head out of the books, and experience something real. You need to branch out, and I know thats scary for you, but right now you are preaching a bunch of crap that in reality is just your slanted (no value judgement, it is inherent to the process of reading) interpretation of someone else’s writing. I hope you get into a really competitive university, a little humbling I think would open your eyes to a whole world you’re missing out on.

Dont get your panties in a twist, don’t get defensive, maybe I’m being a dick, but that doesn’t mean everything I wrote is bullshit.
Enjoy your weekend!