Personal Essay Rough Outline and Ideas

Personal Essay ideas
Possible theme: the evolution of human interaction and the creation of the self. How does our environment determine who we are and how do we find/stay true to ourselves?
Pop culture
Politics
Conversation Techniques
Evolved humanitarian inhibitors (what keeps us separated)
The Past (how it writes the future-how can we operate ourselves from it/learn from it)
Post modern thought (how has it taken hold in this generation-connection to the past)

Pursuing imperfection
– staying hungry for information and knowledge
– the ignorance that people need to change, not the individual
– staying true to yourself and constantly growing
– not inflicting your opinions, not trying to change people, but rather revealing a new perspective
– being afraid to challenge your own thoughts
– believing that you don’t need to improve or learn more

Division of the non binary society
– in the age of overt progressive thought we still feel the need to put ourselves into teams
– our differences define us and we attach ourselves to those who can relate
– mob mentality takes over to the point where one singular idea becomes the forefront of a movement that all members of the group may not even agree with
– we are quicker to make a first impression that condemns an idea that is adopted by a group before engaging in conversation
– we scream at each other, trying to be louder than the other. No one is listening
– Why do we need to pick a side? Why do we need to align ourselves to a majority in order to feel safe? Is there no middle ground anymore?
– (Red team, blue team).
– We try to spite the other team, instead of thinking of the consequences we seek to destroy or eliminate the group that s believed to be the polar opposite “other”. Animosity and the group antagonist.
– We hate because it is easier that listening to something that disconfirms your beliefs. Rationality doest sell t-shirts, or gets a million likes and shares.
– Radical thoughts grabs the attention. The public eye and the volume of aggression is the weapon of choice.
– society of the liberal world calls for the elimination of racial, gender, economic stigmas, yet we make people choose sides of thought? You either confirm others and are welcomed into the fold, or you challenge others and you are cast out and ridiculed as a bigot.
– Progression has become synonymous with bigotry. The line is more blurred now than ever, and people cant stand to live in a world where everyone does not share the same beliefs.
– Conservatives hate liberals because they “whine and complain” and liberals hate conservatives because they believe them to be racist misogynists. Why do we allow politics to dictate what we feel about people living in certain regions? Misinformations and false leadership dictates our impressions and that impression becomes the only thing we see when we hear a disconfirming thought.
– Gone is the idea of objectivity and discovery. We live in our bubbles and are afraid to look at the outside world. The things you consumed are designed to fill you with superiority and the idea that you are an informed individual, but you are being manipulated by those who seek to turn us against each other.
– Why do we put our faith in false idols? Why must we put stock in people who represent and idea? Can we not, as humans, be an amalgam of ideas? Do we have to pick a side?