http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/07/06/the-end-of-california-dreamin/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/07/06/the-end-of-california-dreamin/#comment-2297 Moriae Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:50:26 +0000 http://philosophyonthemesa.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2297 Back here we've never thought of California as a place for thinking of any sort. As it was ably maintained above, a confluence of disparate and contradictory inclinations has enslaved California for some time now. Thinking won't change a thing. People only learn from real pain. California (among others) have long embraced the goal of "Life without Consequences," but 'consequences' are the sine qua non of lives made of choices. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that when people are given choices they most often choose badly. Back here we’ve never thought of California as a place for thinking of any sort. As it was ably maintained above, a confluence of disparate and contradictory inclinations has enslaved California for some time now. Thinking won’t change a thing. People only learn from real pain. California (among others) have long embraced the goal of “Life without Consequences,” but ‘consequences’ are the sine qua non of lives made of choices. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that when people are given choices they most often choose badly.

]]> http://philosophyonthemesa.com/2009/07/06/the-end-of-california-dreamin/#comment-2296 Paul J. Moloney Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:23:22 +0000 http://philosophyonthemesa.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2296 It's time to turn California into a place for thinking people. It’s time to turn California into a place for thinking people.

]]>