tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post722712308903819209..comments2023-07-14T08:41:48.528-04:00Comments on Wisdom's Haven: The Argument Against SpecializationMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17553667997271035725noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-53634670406663288892014-06-14T09:42:06.271-04:002014-06-14T09:42:06.271-04:00Thanks for the excellent article. In eleven years ...Thanks for the excellent article. In eleven years of education, I took almost no humanities classes, and the lack has encumbered me throughout my life. Not having the means to express myself or to the ability to reason about fundamental values was a life sentence to confusion and superficiality. Now, in my late forties, I'm finally taking some humanities classes to remedy the defects in my education. The fact that humanistically trained students are unable to find jobs is an indictment of the economic structure of today, in which jobs serve capital rather than the community. In fact, a humanistically trained student probably shouldn't accept a job serving corporations whose interests are antithetical to all genuinely human values. The call of Christianity to "sell all thou hast and follow me" or of Buddhism to the life of homelessness and begging, begins to seem more and more appealing a world where work has lost its meaning as service to the community. If the economic leaders of today show no signs of humanity, perhaps we should stop following them, and choose our actions based entirely on love for our fellow men, even if we have to beg and live in the streets as a result.Peterhttp://ranktheeffort.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com