Book Haven discussion

The group should check out "WE'RE CRAZY!, A Memoir about U.S. Values" here on Goodreads, to discover enough discussion material for at least a year. It is a guidebook for our children and grandchildren, to make sure they understand the mess the seniors are leaving them. Getting back on track is going to require clearer thinking about values than their parents have had. After a list of many of the questions that the book addresses in depth, the summary is, "Why compare your own answers with those in the book? Because the future of our nation depends on our values about these very subjects."

The "WE'RE CRAZY!" description directs readers to reading samples and to an extensive bibliography that is an education in itself. This is the book for those who want to think about where we are headed and what is important.

Lul, what? Oh yerr.. I'm sure the internet generation thinks so much clearly and more lucidly about world problems than anyone who came before them. R-i-i-i-i-ght. Why, it stands to reason, eh? They're so much more focused via the aid of their text- messaging and X-box games! Much more profoundly educated thanks to the availability of term papers for sale on eBay. So much more mental acuity thanks to 'Yahoo! Answers', and so much more social-sensitivity thanks to Facebook status updates.

Today's feeble video-game players couldn't accomplish a fraction of what any earlier generation of Americans did. The notion is ludicrous. Digital dweebs don't even have the impetus to take on any difficult tasks (apart from raising snacks to their mouths). They're no solution to any world crisis--they are actually--a large part of the problem.

You might get something from reading the book, such as about the use of words and abstractions.