I noped out about page 3 where the author wrote 'world famous symbologist.'
I knew there was no such word,
DagwoodIII
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Look at OnlyFans.
A quick look shows that a few folks there are making a lot of money. $200,000 a year. Others make a good deal less.
That's always been the case with creative folks. A few will rise to the top, and the rest are going to be amateurs.
Fine dining didn't die when fast food was invented, and live music held its own even after recordings became a thing.
Basically, what you're saying is the philosophical equivalent of saying music is dead because people aren't interested in opera any more.
Try looking around a bit. A few years ago, Marvel Comics did a story line called "Civil War." The government asked all the heroes to register. Iron Man and Spider-Man said yet, Captain America and his allies said no.
Plenty of discussions of the rights and responsibilities of the heroes.
Or watch a show called 'Pluribus.' Or any oldie but goody called "The Prisoner.' Or 'The Good Place.'
Heck, the trolley problem is on the front page here every day.
Ayn Rand was one of the best selling authors of the 20th Century, and she's probably the best known philosophers in US history.
She died broke.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but most people don't have a college education. In the USA, the average reading level is below middle school.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/
In the UK, about 20% of the population is considered functionally illiterate.
And even of those who do, how many actually took a philosophy class? And of those who passed, how many have read a philosophy book in the past year?
Someone suggested I get a book called "Discover what You Are Best At."
I always thought I just hated working; the book showed me that there were a lot of jobs I'd never considered trying for. I picked out one course and got a good career out of it.
I can't remember who it was who told me, so I'm sure they never thought of me again
What makes you think people ever paid attention to thinkers?
Most people can't explain what philosophy is, much less name five philosophers.
Why would you want to be a police officer?
Most of the job is dealing with distraught people and finding a way to get them to cooperate with you.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to talk about the authors' styles if you haven't actually read them.
It's funny that in the classic Libertarian novel "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" the rule free society only works because there are no guns and literally everything is controlled by a single giant computer.
Objectivism creator Ayn Rand ended up on welfare after she lacked the will power to give up smoking.
Need I say more?
nsfw
They asked Stan Lee about digital comic books.
He said comics are like boobs, he'd rather have one in his hand than on a screen.
https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=travis+mcgee
Travis McGee is what Reacher and Dirk Pitt dream of being. He lives on a houseboat he won in a poker game, and solves crimes when he finds himself low on cash.
The author died in 1986 and the books are still being published.