“‘I think all young women are cursed with a streak of unrelenting foolishness, and all young men are cursed with a streak of absolute stupidity’”(346).
Shusterman is saying here that there is no such thing as a perfect person. It is a sign of growing up, making mistakes and learning from them. It’s a fact of maturing that both genders have their unique traits. I think that this is a very important thing. The stupid and foolish acts teaches you what not to do later in life by making the mistakes early. It teaches one what they like and want in a person. It helps form better relationships and lets you be more thankful for what you have.
“If the conscience of the Scythedom fails, replaced by the avarice of privilege, we could become our own worst enemy again”(434).
This book stresses the importance of governments ruling with conscience and not anonymity. In this case people were not capable of doing it and it was entrusted to a computer. Not everything was and the small portion of human control has its problems that conscience people do their best to fix.
Shusterman is saying here that there is no such thing as a perfect person. It is a sign of growing up, making mistakes and learning from them. It’s a fact of maturing that both genders have their unique traits. I think that this is a very important thing. The stupid and foolish acts teaches you what not to do later in life by making the mistakes early. It teaches one what they like and want in a person. It helps form better relationships and lets you be more thankful for what you have.
“If the conscience of the Scythedom fails, replaced by the avarice of privilege, we could become our own worst enemy again”(434).
This book stresses the importance of governments ruling with conscience and not anonymity. In this case people were not capable of doing it and it was entrusted to a computer. Not everything was and the small portion of human control has its problems that conscience people do their best to fix.