#note/sourcereview/article | #note/sourcereview/book ## What is the thesis? Let's learn about the edges of humanity by learning about people like Christopher Knight, the extreme choices they make, and how we can reflect on what we do. ## Summarize the argument >I think that most of us feel like something is missing from our lives, and I wondered then if Knight’s journey was to seek it. But life isn’t about searching endlessly to find what’s missing; it’s about learning to live with the missing parts. ([Location 2186](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01GYPY884&location=2186)) ## What is the other side of the argument? >The Indian writer Jiddu Krishnamurti has been quoted as saying, “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ([Location 1477](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01GYPY884&location=1477)) ## What else do I wonder about? What is it to be a healthy rejector of society with [[don't chase the soccer ball]] as a motto? ## Action When camping, hiking, or doing things alone, I want to think about what is the best balance of alone and connected. ## When do I want to stumble across this? When I feel frustrated by society, I want to consider what things would be like if I was on my own? ## Source: Finkel, M. (2018). _The stranger in the woods_ (Paperback edition). Simon & Schuster. ## References, Quotes, Ideas ![[The Stranger in the Woods]] ```dataview table file.mtime.year + "-" + file.mtime.month + "-" + file.mtime.day as Modified from [[ ]] and !outgoing([[ ]]) sort file.mtime desc ```