Karyl’s Reviews > The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance > Status Update
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For the Patriots of 1776 sought to build their free and independent nation on certain self-evident truths that human beings are created equal in the eyes of God and are endowed by their creator with rights that government did not create and can never take away...They shouted, with their lives on the line, that a government that acts without the consent of the governed is illegitimate and may be changed or overthrown.
— Feb 07, 2018 10:59AM
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Karyl
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For the Patriots of 1776 sought to build their free and independent nation on certain self-evident truths that human beings are created equal in the eyes of God and are endowed by their creator with rights that government did not create and can never take away...They shouted, with their lives on the line, that a government that acts without the consent of the governed is illegitimate and may be changed or overthrown.
— Feb 07, 2018 11:38AM
Karyl
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That our emerging adults take so little interest in reading today is not just sad for them, it's also a threat to the idea of democracy, which has long assumed the ability to read—and a desire to read. It is not only the content of a book that changes you but the shared community with those who have read it, discussed it, argued about it. Books create communities here and now, as we as across space and time.
— Feb 06, 2018 11:00PM
Karyl
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It turns out that nearly half our happiness is genetic, and another significant portion comes from having the good fortune to be born away from a definable universe of horrific events—war, famine, and epidemic.
— Feb 06, 2018 05:50PM
Karyl
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Because television doesn't know or care who's watching, the medium essentially "adultifies" children while infantilizing adults; it doesn't judge its viewers, nothing is shameful.
— Feb 06, 2018 03:25PM
