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A Contrarian’s Approach | Jonathan Stein | TEDxJMU


thank you via thoughts preparedness I
actually asked Mia what she did to
remain so entertaining and excited all
the time and she said no over seven
billion people in this world sometimes
it feels rather difficult to find a way
to stand out because easy to feel small
like their voice is on her no matter how
loud you scream is there a way all of us
can still individually make an impact or
make a difference
despite the unlikely probability yeah
we’re doomed Jessica my thesis is in
fact yes but it comes with a catch of
being slightly unpopular mama society
has deemed it rather taboo to broach
ideas that make us feel uncomfortable
and the relative comfort is an
environment from which all of us must
escape if we hope to propel mankind
forward and the individual can brave the
cold outside of that blanket of
comfortable loss is the contrarian I
submit to you that we live in a world
created by B trans people who challenge
tradition questions desk quo and
understand society does not determine
how do you think these individuals have
shaped the world we live in today and
are undaunted by taking their turn
at returning to the fray the
battleground of ideas although this may
seem rather harrowing we have all seen
this attitude of mindset before
hopefully to the movie Dead Poets
Society Robin Williams plays an English
teacher a strict boarding school in
Vermont and one class is even the
students climb upon his desk in order to
get them used to the idea of looking at
things from a different point of view
just when you think you know something
you have to have the courage to stand
upon a desk and look at things from a
different perspective and then it comes
to the classroom and eat all students to
huddle up a lot and says no matter what
anyone tells you words and ideas can
change the world the human race is
filled with passion quote from Whitman
the powerful play goes on and you may
contribute diverse the powerful play
goes on and you may contribute a verse
what we reverse be both lines at a
frenetic
so why and how how can we apply this in
our daily life here I must defer to
someone who explained the answer far
better than I ever be able to one of
those brilliant journalists and workers
of our time Christopher Hitchens one is
novelist
it just explains this idea there people
it’s this notion of living as if allow
me to explain is easy to believe that a
life spent challenging common beliefs
will have absolutely no effect on the
greater good outside of the people you
interact with day to day issues says the
social life is worth living on his own
account on a given day you will be
confronted with bigotry unfairness or
petty use of authority craft your own
way to deal with these matters as if
they were not inedible and decision says
need not be tolerated
either one individual who exemplify this
philosophy in history is Rosa Parks who
acted as if a hard-working black woman
in a pre-civil rights era could indeed
rest her legs on bus after a day’s work
this is crucial to understand because
the mindset behind the Train philosophy
is this the ultimate goal here is to
move two dates closer towards the truth
and whether or not you act in a big way
like Rosa Parks or small and on a
smaller scale you can routinely visit
the devil devil app in approach to life
for me rather take one Aristotle’s
preposition of entertaining an idea
before accepting it that’s the mark
magic
so when we start soon two days toward
the truth that is the ultimate engine
the contractions not dismissed real or
tangible facts but rather is the
Challenger of easily digestible ideas
that may not necessarily be true such as
everything happens for a reason or the
strength of capitalism or whether or not
empathy or to what extent humility is
even an important person why wife is
necessary
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he’s almost blinded by his parents today
in an attempt to relay through this poem
and adjust world but as he begins to
describe experience they talking
absolute he seems to be stumbling all
over the place have trouble walking
later ones
at the risk this is the perfections in
this way can be taken down for others to
hear we attempt to hide from the truth
from harsh realities sometimes if they
do not align with our wishful thinking I
urge you all to not cower in fear from
their unpleasantness but take on the
contrarian role and expose them and then
you find great company in doing so when
you are blinded by the Sun as you
contemplate the rules of life thank you
you
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