Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.
Think about the traditions in your family.
Do you hate any of them ... and do them anyway?
Or have you chosen to let some fall by the wayside?
Click that link to watch the video of him singing that song.
I have my own tradition about books: I re-read the really good ones. I have just added this book to my Kindle because I haven't read it in awhile. The cover Amazon showed me is NOT the cover of the paperback copy I've read in the past (more than once), but here's the latest cover.
In this seminal book, Berger and Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, the authors go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge — the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term "social construction," effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy.
My grandson has gotten a doctorate in physical therapy.
