The Unexamined life and Gadfly

A life unexamined is not worth living. To examine ones life is pose questions and reflect on this life with the intent of making progress. Without progression in our own lives through examination, the human race will not make necessary changes in society to create a more balanced earth. While this is a truth, is it also possible to be blissfully ignorant and be content with the life lived? Both are truths, but as one examines this, the question never leaves them. Because of this, I have hope for the human race to figure out the problems within our giant world. When we progress in positive ways, we become happier as a world to put it simply. So examine your lives! For all of us who examine the way we live our lives, we must be the gadflies and provoke this examination within the unaware. It is the duty of philosophers question and prod society for a brighter and more examined future.

John Ralston Saul is a true Modern Gadfly in my mind. He addresses many crucial issues such as globalization, nations trading commodities and capitalism. These are just a few issues (check him out). He is an outstanding speaker on many aspects of society today and very vigilant in making his point through speeches, essays and books ( fiction and non-fiction). He is very explicit and methodically connects the outstanding atrocities and dis functioning parts of society in order show people that this world we live in is fixable. Gadflies unite.