Limitless— that is what has seemed to become the staple of our society according to Berry. Berry directly calls out our society and almost everyone living in it on their wasteful and greedy way of life. When I first read this I tried to dismiss Berry’s view of our country. But not even a quarter of the way through article, not only could I not dismiss his views, I had to accept that they true. Not only true, but shamefully I am living them. We all are though when it comes down to it.
Berry talks about the industrial revolution, and how this is where the idea of a limitless economy started. This is why we live this way, the way we live calls for limitlessness on every aspect . Berry talked about a summit in Louisville Kentucky. This summit was supposed to deal with the problems of fossil fuels and our energy sources. The solutions presented were not solutions at all, but just temporary replacements for our usable and non-refundable sources.
Limitless is not just present in things like our economy. Everyday everywhere you go people want everything for nothing. Even a trip to get ice cream becomes a production. Over 20 flavors over 50 topping, and an endless way of having it served. The choices have become over whelming. Berry is just yelling out for us to wake up and simplify our lifestyle again. Because in reality its not as hard as it seems.
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Simplify- I love that ending. It is so true and seems so easy to do because who doesn't want things to be simpler, but we all know that is not the case. It becomes so hard and taxing on us all to try and do that.
ReplyDeleteI love the conclusion of this post. I completely agree with you. Everyone today expects everything and anything within seconds. We are so caught up in our lifestyles that taking a step backward is out of the question. But like you said, in reality it is really not that hard.
ReplyDeleteI like your example picking out ice cream to describe our "limitless society" as Berry would say. It's nice that you picked something so simple and insignificant to use. It was a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love the structure of this. How you opened with your reaction to Berry's article, gave a summary of what he said in the next paragraph, and then gave your own examples in the last paragraph. (I also really love the example of the ice cream store...it's so true, and also deliciously overwhelming, at least to me...haha.) I agree with you though - our society does need to simplify. We have too much when others barely have what they need to get by, and that's just not right. If we all made a concerted, conscious effort to simplify our ways of life, we would find out that it's really not as bad as it seems, even though it may be a little hard to get used to at first :)
ReplyDeleteFaust is his name; Faustian is an adjective describing one/something who behaves like Faust.
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