Ron Johnson’s “Lost At Sea” is one of the most random books I’ve ever read. The book was good, only the topic of each chapter was different. They all had the common trait that they are topics that the public is obsessed with incessantly. Things like spirituality and if there are demons and exorcisms.
I quite enjoyed the book. leads us to the many fallacies of everyday life that the world seems to believe in. Ronson has a fairly delicate mind and is prone to stubborn sentences, however this makes for a better book as authors who try to be too objective end up sounding, in my opinion, too academic, clinical, and dry. I was surprised by the chapter on spirituality and how many people believed in this fraud of a sanctuary to predict their future life.
I thought the West was more enlightened than that. It turns out that such mindless indoctrination and belief in unscientific things permeates the entire world. It is a disease and we bear it. Why is this so? I can not understand. Aren’t these people smart enough to entrust their money and time to these psychiatrists who know nothing more than spouting gibberish and gibberish just because they feel like it? Certain people are just charismatic and exude an air that makes people clamor for them, yes. But I feel like a line needs to be drawn.
Real-life superheroes in New York are a far cry from Asian societies that regard such actions as a waste of time. Individualism is ironic, it seems to me. Being their own superhero, these people work and take pride in the collective good. Whereas in Asian societies where community well-being is emphasized, as in Japan, in the end the only thing people think about is their own personal well-being. I’d like to witness some of these real-life superheroes fight crime – it sounds too altruistic and benevolent to be true.
America’s financial system and inequality are a mess, with which I agree. Bureaucracy is a problem, I think. If only a simple transaction needs to be settled, things may have gotten out of hand by the time a certain proposal or deal is approved. Inequality is also ironic and we expect the richest to be the happiest, but the opposite is true. I read somewhere that after an income of a few thousand a year, more money stops buying happiness, and that level is not that difficult to reach: $ 75,000 if I remember correctly. I mean, it is very profitable, but many people earn as much or more and still complain about how unhappy, dissatisfied and empty their lives are. Living in cities, more than anything, does that to a person.