This NYT Op Ed has got me thinking big heavy thoughts. Ive asked this before (on walks with friends and on long car rides with Edward): Is how we spend our time a moral decision? Meaning, if we could make a dent in some problem somehow, if we could throw ourselves at something hard and over time and have an impact, must we? Or is it okay to, as the article asks, do what we love? (This argument necessarily brings up my mother in my mind, who wants to say to our whole generation as we wring our hands over career choices: Youre not supposed to like it, thats why they pay you.) From the piece, better said than above: Suppose a man “finds in himself a talent which might make him a useful man in many respects. But he finds himself in comfortable circumstances and prefers to indulge in pleasure rather than take pains in enlarging his happy natural capacities.” Should he? I think this is super interesting, though it threatens my whole way of life since I am absolutely doing what I love.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 14:12:04 +0000
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