What the hell?

Life as an Experiment

I broke one of my own rules, and forgot to remember that life is optimized for viewing under the lens of a social experiment.

When you stop and ask yourself why something is happening, it's easier if you can brush it off as an experiment. This is something an Xceeder boy told, actually, one of my dear friends (before or after the first kiss I don't know;)

On the thread of social experimentation, I had forgotten about stanley milgram's experiments in socialized group behavior until his name came up in an enlightening email discussion. But what I enjoyed most in reviewing his site (stanleymilgram.com) were the posted quotes. I think there's something to be said for academia, even if it only allows focused thought. Aside from succeeding in tenure, blahblahblah, and extending your list of publications, what do you do all day? But think? (Well, unless you were a character in a movie/movie for tv plot where students and professors frolic in private. An option, I must admit, given the correct players - of consenting age only - has some merit...um. never mind my deviant mind.)

The more I research programs that exist on the market for my own edification (a word that used to annoy me to no end while in college) and growth, I realize I'm getting closer to doing that every day. Thinking. And Studying subjects of my own choosing. (Which, shockingly, I want to 'pay' for. Loans, loans, and PT crappy jobs:)

posted by irene @ 3/21/2003 10:51:00 AM