I thought this essay was really amazing. Well, I say essay, it was originally meant as a speech to be given to high schoolers. I wish I had read it about a year ago. I agree emphatically with most everything he says and he actually brought up some points I hadn't thought about before. It's actually good, so of course he never actually got to give it...


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It starts off pretty typical sounding, but give it a try. It gets interesting.

Edit: This one is pretty amazing too