Each week, Lee and Michael revisit two questions from the archives at intellectualroundtable.com. This week, the questions are:
How much of our thoughts are our own?
Lee's question seeks to determine just how much are we manipulated by the news and media that we consume? If you can point to any one thing in the world that is truly and uniquely yours, it would seem to be your own thoughts. But great effort is spent to try and modify those thoughts, to get you to buy some goods, vote for a particular candidate, or emotionally connect to a movie or TV show. How much can you really trust what you think?
On the other hand, Michael's question ask you to question one of the basic tenets of our society. We are repeatedly told that we should want more: more money, more cars, more gadgets, more food, more everything. Ultimately, that's not sustainable, and moreover, it's not healthy for us either. So where is your limit?
These and other questions can be found at Intellectual Roundtable, a place on the internet for examining the questions that everyone faces.
