Recently, I watch a movie titled Idiocracy (2006). This movie is about 2 people that freeze on a military project for 500 years. Because this project is classified, no one know about this except the leader. But the leader stumble on a case and this project was forgotten. Instead being froze for 1 year, they being froze to 2505. At 2505 all people being so low in education, because in the past, low education people having so much baby, but the high education people dont want to have baby. So the population fulfilled with low education people. When I read this question, I remember about this movie. What would my message to a large group of people?
I dont say that people with book always being a smart people. And also I dont say that people that not love reading book is a stupid people. But one of the message the main character say is “please read book, and dont think that reading book is just for a sissy/coward” — I forget how it said exactly, but I think thats the point on the movie, correct me if I wrong. Somehow I agree with it, and that will be my message to a large group of people.
By reading book, you will feel like dont you dare to think you are the smartest people in the world. There still many smart people above you that write some book like you read right now. Being arrogant of our intellegency sometimes stub out the intellegency itself among us. So by reading book, at least we could reduce that feeling. More than that, you will be open-mind with more hypothesis and point of view from other people. You will be full of idea to be develop more. There are no book without idea, so when you read a book, I make sure you will read at least 1 idea. Brain is like a muscle that need to be train periodically.
Without explained too detailed about why you must reading book, I think this will be my message to a large group of people. Please read a book, we can read together, brainstorming together, so the things in Idiocracy movie will not happening in the future.