amongst passionless people

Every man dies. Not every man really lives

(from Braveheart)

I work amongst youths. Youths are usually arrogant, eager, expecting something to happen or making things happen, without a care about the world, gung-ho, anti-establishment, with lots of radical views and opinions, the list goes on and on. I mean, it's not like we've never been youths, right? But apparently, that is not the case here. Here, they are mostly just arrogant and passionless. Unenthusiastic. Not all, but most of them. Especially their leaders. And that is a sad, sad thing.

I find it especially sad that the youths here are doing things because of the reward(s) that awaits. OK frankly we're all guilty of looking for the bounty every once in a while, but it seems to me that the youths here are going to the extreme. They're like horny for rewards or something. Their world is mostly just check and balance. No enthusiasm, no passion. Just merit points. Check, and balance. Check, and balance.

I do research on fractals. Conceptually, I work to quantify things that are very hard to quantify, unquantified even, always with the belief that they can and will be quantified. But I've always, always been aware that there are things that cannot be quantified, no matter how hard one tried. There's passion and compassion and enthusiasm and love; the driving forces.

PASSION, people!!