Posted by
Danny on Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:00:00 AM
I'm reading "Intellectuals and Society" by Thomas Sowell. I'm only about 2/3 through it. It's a little complicated to read in the beginning... I almost quit. I'm so glad I stuck with it because as it turns out, he was laying some very important groundwork in the beginning that sets up the rest of the book for understanding. Now I can barely put it down. Sowell has given me an understanding of recent history that I never got in school. As in other books by conservative authors, he backs everything up with references that we can all look up. I'm not surprised that throughout history, intellectuals have been proven wrong time-and-again with no "price to pay"... at least no price for themselves, but usually very high prices for the rest of us. Intellectuals are (sometimes) the invisible people that determine what is cool and not cool when it comes to politics, the environment, business attitudes, and many other things that affect all of us. Most of us just go along, just like going along with the popular fads in school. We need to start seeing these "intellectuals" for who they are... mostly spoiled brats with no real life experience !
Thomas Sowell, on the other hand, is a true intellect and philosopher. He has an ability to see things from a perspective that most other "intellectuals" are incapable.