I'm a little behind, but loved this piece. This book - as you know - really moved me, and for many of the same reasons that it resonated with you. I'm not sure that this answers the question you posed, but I recently had a conversation with a girlfriend who celebrated the ideas that were being exchanged in a text chain. My push to her was essentially in step with the question you raised - that's great; now what's the action? I think it's a question we all need to ask ourselves. I'm sure I'm not doing nearly as much as I'd like to think I am to enact change...
100 %. Talk is cheap, right? (Said the guy who loves words.) And then you think of the digital age we're living in... posting an idea on social media is a start, but is it "real" engagement with people? I often wonder about this.
Another great one, J! I've downloaded the book already. I'm listening to the audiobook of Obama's new book (it's 29 hours long!) and will jump into Pachinko after! SMP
Thanks, Shu! Obama's book is on my list as well, and the audiobook is a great call. Not only because it'd be amazing to listen to it in his voice, but because I think the print version is 600 pages or so?! Not an easy book for a parent to read. I just got Dave Chang's memoir, Eat A Peach, from the library, and am loving it. More to follow on that one...
I'm a little behind, but loved this piece. This book - as you know - really moved me, and for many of the same reasons that it resonated with you. I'm not sure that this answers the question you posed, but I recently had a conversation with a girlfriend who celebrated the ideas that were being exchanged in a text chain. My push to her was essentially in step with the question you raised - that's great; now what's the action? I think it's a question we all need to ask ourselves. I'm sure I'm not doing nearly as much as I'd like to think I am to enact change...
100 %. Talk is cheap, right? (Said the guy who loves words.) And then you think of the digital age we're living in... posting an idea on social media is a start, but is it "real" engagement with people? I often wonder about this.
Another great one, J! I've downloaded the book already. I'm listening to the audiobook of Obama's new book (it's 29 hours long!) and will jump into Pachinko after! SMP
Thanks, Shu! Obama's book is on my list as well, and the audiobook is a great call. Not only because it'd be amazing to listen to it in his voice, but because I think the print version is 600 pages or so?! Not an easy book for a parent to read. I just got Dave Chang's memoir, Eat A Peach, from the library, and am loving it. More to follow on that one...