大卫·布鲁克斯 (David Brooks) ,《纽约时报》的专栏作家,是西方世界最知名的知识分子之一。
17年毕业典礼上,芝加哥大学首次邀请非本校教职工,大卫·布鲁克斯(校友)做毕业致辞。
同样地,大卫·布鲁克斯也分享了自己在芝加哥大学的学习生活经历等,但是最让小编印象印刻的莫过于他提到的“焦佼者 (焦虑的佼佼者)”这个话题:这种人没有使命感,没有目标感,但依然试图让自己从所遇的问题中解脱出来。
请问,这个点,有没有戳中你呢?是不是你当下的状态,亦或者是你身边人的状态呢?
或许,你可以从中找到不一样的解决答案。
We have a Telos Crisis in this country.
Many people do not have a clear sense of their goals and their own purpose.
They don't know what they are shooting for, or what fundamental convictions should guide their behavior.
They've been trained in hyper-specialized research universities that tell them how to do things, but don't ask them to think about why they should do them; that don't give them a forum to ask the questions.
What is my own best life?
What am I called to do?
Why am I here?
From college they enter the world we all live in, which is a busy world.
The flow of a thousand emails, the tasks of setting up a career and family.
These things distract from the great questions of purpose and meaning.
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