The Renaissance. Also known as the Enlightenment. It wasn't the first, either; about two millennia before the time of Leonardo, there were people like Socrates and Aristotle. Though some of the more famous ones (Plato) never actually wrote anything, like the Renaissance, these developments had a pretty decent impact on society. Like the computer, the cell phone, the video games, mathematics, property rights, the concept of freedom, and all sciences. And how did this knowledge spread? Look, if it makes you feel hip and modern, you can read Dostoyevski on a Kindle. As long as you read Dostoyevski. Until you do, you won't make my Christmas listFelix said:
This post reinforces the President's statement. I don't know if you're of the age where this becomes a concern, but if not you certainly will be relatively soon. If you'd like to get through a job interview (I'm talking about a GOOD job here) and beat all the other candidates, you have to sound like an intellectual. Doing a lot of reading and writing is essential to this (and I'm not talking about fan fiction and Game Informer). If you even want to score that job interview, you have to have a resume that stands out just enough and, again, sounds intellectual. It has to be written. It has to sound as if it were authored by a professional with a unique vision and with eloquence.Leoofmoon said:
You should probably rephrase this so that so many people don't automatically rear up and raise the hair on their backs like a bottle brush, amigo.Saucycardog said:
Did... did you read the article?dalek sec said:No offense to President Obama but: Do your job sir, you don't have to do this crap, that's what parents are for!
Here's my bookshelf, with the exception of "The Founding" and "The Souldrinker series" I've read everything else on this shelf and still play games. I understand the need for kids to take up reading but it's up to the parents do that, no the frakking President of the United States.
