Yesterday, I mentioned it’s hard to get people to think which got me thinking on thought. I always said I started thinking when I was 17 and my first decision was to drop out of school. One thing I knew was I didn’t like it there. Then I had to figure out how to feed myself and the Army looked cool. Once in the military I began taking my studies seriously because sleeping in a hole in the desert makes one reconsider life choices. Once at University I met Socrates and loved him and philosophy. Most people hate everything about it, but there is a blood sport to discourse. Socrates made people think, made me think in new ways I never did before and it was painful. Learning something new is hard, whether that is attempting to memorize or walking through a new destination. The brain can be overloaded with information, that’s where I see the brain as a muscle that needed to be exercised. Age 25 is when I started to take reading serious, before then I would literally travel the world to avoid reading a book. I started with high school reading I should have done 10 years prior, graduated college, and came to know Nietzsche. Intellectuals should cower at the name. From there I learned a lot, Nietzsche’s idea of the Ubermenche, or Overman, motivated me to be better in every aspect; taught myself to paint and play piano. Currently, I’ve started studying for the LSAT. There was a practice question on what is “proven” in a writing. When studying and learning a new perspective to see life, I felt the same pain trying to understand Socrates’ way of thinking. If anything, I’m speeding up and intensifying.
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