I am currently sitting in my Hyde Park side flat, reading this lil same-side of the pond update, internally saying “saaaameeee”. The big grad-school nugget I relate to is the intense intellectualism over nebulous things that are quite removed from the realities of this current society. For me that looks like obsessing over how capitalism cannot support the world order we need in regards to humans health and well being as it is inextricably linked to climate change. Aka capitalism must die so the planet does not. Easy to write on paper, I see no reality this occurs in. So what the hell am I doing here???
Im getting ahead of myself.
I like the point about exercise too. I feel very alone in my runs, in my routine. I have yet to meet someone with my similar intensity of trying to get 1-2 75 minutes workouts in a day.
I don’t quite relate to your white collar vagabondism, I do believe your experience is quite unique and has shaped you in ways only you and any therapist that you may or may not have know about. But it brings some very interesting topics to the table should you wish to share them. Oh well, I hear that the quietist person in the room is usually one of the smartest, or at least like a sponge soaking in facts and tidbits and knowledge from the rest of the room. Maybe grad school=sponge time.
Also your dad seems really interested in your love life, but ill leave that to father son relationships I know nothing about.
I don’t think capitalism just sidelines conservationism, but I see where you’re writing from— literally. Hyde Park is only a couple miles from where Marx and Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto. Das Kapital too for Marx nearby. You’re living in the birthplace of British communism. Its influence on LSE and IPE persists today. That’s probably what the hell you’re doing there… and why you’re commenting this here. My take.
Curious on the quietest person in the room, what makes them smart? Lyndon B Johnson is attributed to saying “you’re not learning anything when you’re talking”, but is that true? I need to articulate myself to form connections. Writing provides the basis for speech. That is why I enjoy isolating myself away to reflect on here personally and write for professional journals before being able to speak confidently to a subject. We can’t be a sponge constantly.
I’ll send you some Strava routes that I have from my own LSE time. London is a world-class running city.
As for the sponge bit: I agree. I spent most of high school having never raised my hand in class. To give myself the benefit of the doubt: there were probably so many moments where I could have pushed my own and my fellow students learning. I remember the one time I was called out to debate in a world history class, I won the whole thing. It was the first time I had ever spoken in the class. I learned more that day than I had any prior day. But then again, maybe I was able to win because I had spent months sitting back, learning the material, and watching other students brains process the information through the school year.
In conclusion: probably good to balance both sponging and emitting.
Also the communist bit-- I had no idea. That is very very interesting...
Good morning max bessler!
I am currently sitting in my Hyde Park side flat, reading this lil same-side of the pond update, internally saying “saaaameeee”. The big grad-school nugget I relate to is the intense intellectualism over nebulous things that are quite removed from the realities of this current society. For me that looks like obsessing over how capitalism cannot support the world order we need in regards to humans health and well being as it is inextricably linked to climate change. Aka capitalism must die so the planet does not. Easy to write on paper, I see no reality this occurs in. So what the hell am I doing here???
Im getting ahead of myself.
I like the point about exercise too. I feel very alone in my runs, in my routine. I have yet to meet someone with my similar intensity of trying to get 1-2 75 minutes workouts in a day.
I don’t quite relate to your white collar vagabondism, I do believe your experience is quite unique and has shaped you in ways only you and any therapist that you may or may not have know about. But it brings some very interesting topics to the table should you wish to share them. Oh well, I hear that the quietist person in the room is usually one of the smartest, or at least like a sponge soaking in facts and tidbits and knowledge from the rest of the room. Maybe grad school=sponge time.
Also your dad seems really interested in your love life, but ill leave that to father son relationships I know nothing about.
Hello Greenhouse,
I don’t think capitalism just sidelines conservationism, but I see where you’re writing from— literally. Hyde Park is only a couple miles from where Marx and Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto. Das Kapital too for Marx nearby. You’re living in the birthplace of British communism. Its influence on LSE and IPE persists today. That’s probably what the hell you’re doing there… and why you’re commenting this here. My take.
Curious on the quietest person in the room, what makes them smart? Lyndon B Johnson is attributed to saying “you’re not learning anything when you’re talking”, but is that true? I need to articulate myself to form connections. Writing provides the basis for speech. That is why I enjoy isolating myself away to reflect on here personally and write for professional journals before being able to speak confidently to a subject. We can’t be a sponge constantly.
I’ll send you some Strava routes that I have from my own LSE time. London is a world-class running city.
Why thank you! Strava routes much appreciated.
As for the sponge bit: I agree. I spent most of high school having never raised my hand in class. To give myself the benefit of the doubt: there were probably so many moments where I could have pushed my own and my fellow students learning. I remember the one time I was called out to debate in a world history class, I won the whole thing. It was the first time I had ever spoken in the class. I learned more that day than I had any prior day. But then again, maybe I was able to win because I had spent months sitting back, learning the material, and watching other students brains process the information through the school year.
In conclusion: probably good to balance both sponging and emitting.
Also the communist bit-- I had no idea. That is very very interesting...