I realized recently/today that almost everyone I knew in "the scene" has grown out of it and progressed.
Stress the word "almost".
Which lead me to think about psychological growth in general.
Which furtherly lead to me thinking about intellectual psychological growth.
THEN it lead to thinking about how those oh, so very high political figures and those who influence our world are always downing our generation. We are supposedly the most ignorant generation in the history of... well... history, but I have to disagree.
I believe in the times we're living in, simply because of social shifts EVERYONE wants to be an individual. EVERYONE wants originality. (It is scarce, but Im pretty sure it still exists) So I think everyone understands that personal views and opinions create personality (hopefully an interesting one will be determined with these views). NOW, to have personal views and or opinions... for them to be genuine, you must have knowledge. KNOWLEDGE. And I think everyone realizes this as well. So now we all have reason to pursue knowledge. So... does the fact that the reason for said pursuit is the far from noble make it any less... I dont know... Noble?
Should we be granted the gift of knowledge if all we really want out of it is more friends?... Or do we pursue such things so we like ourselves a little bit more?
I need more time to ponder.