Blog84 Foreword
Jack Steel, born in the late 80s, Gen Y / "Millennial", begins blogging....
Frustrations
I have been frustrated for quite some time. I first felt this frustration as a young adult. This frustration led me to migrate to a foreign country. The frustration subsided only to return once again as my understanding of the native language improved. My conclusion: one must confront their grievances no matter where one resides.
Purpose
Before I continue, a few points in regards to the purpose of this blog:
Log my reading, watching, listening and generals thoughts. Not unlike a journal.
Interaction with like minded individuals with the intent to learn.
Expression of thoughts regarding historic and current aspects of western society that interest me.
Critical thoughts / essays on the biggest current factors affecting western society today with particular focus on factors affecting liberty and individualism.
Introduce Gen Y readers to factors affecting them previously unconsidered and hopefully offer insightful perspectives.
Pose questions in order to hopefully receive answers / discussion.
Would like to learn / garner new perspective from informed individuals
IMPORTANT:
I am not an academic, nor am I a professional writer.
Orwell
The name Blog84 pays homage to George Orwell`s book, “1984”. If you haven`t read it, I recommend reading it asap. The picture Orwell portrays of the world in “1984” seemed rather unbelivable at the time I read it well over 15 years ago. However as time goes on I find myself thinking more and more that we now live in a world similar to “1984”. I admire Orwells creativity in how he went about presenting his take on things. Of course “1984” wasn`t his only insightful book. I am intentionally not elaborating on Orwells work here in the hope that the uninformed reader will go look, listen and read for themselves. In contemplating people like Orwell I ponder where are the likes of his ilk today? They are surely out there.
Begin
I am aprehensive but more so motivated to write this blog. My frustrations have led me here. Here I will endeavour to exercise my frustrations in a theraputic and productive manner. These posts will be kept as simple and to the point as possible. I will start from the begining…………….
Regards
Jack