Sunday, March 20, 2011
Do what you do best
In Plato's Republic book 11, socrates proposes that a society will be most advantaged if divisions of labor occur. If everyone spends time honing their natural abilities, a city would have a much greater output. I completely agree with Socrates. I believe that if individuals spent more time on what they loved to do and what they were naturally inclined to do, society would be much more productive.
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I agree with you on this point, but I feel as though it is extremely hard to accomplish in our society. The problem is that we are conditioned as young children to pursue things that will make us successful. And what is success in America? Money of course. Somewhere along the way in developing the "American Dream," society decided that money was they key to all happiness. And the result is people who hate their jobs, families falling apart, and people who can never have enough stuff. I know this is not the end result for all people who are "successful" but the trend is interesting. Why can we not be conditioned to pursue what we love as children, regardless of what our income might be. Happiness is not money, but you wouldn't know that with what they teach us. I hope that some day children can be conditioned to pursue what they love and what they are good at. But for now, it looks like we will just continue to grow hungrier for money.
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