Disregard all the thinking that you have been taught through the selling of fear! You have expressed everything very clearly and with great insight. Keep writing! You provide hope in a culture that is myopic and believes everything they are told is the truth. Beware of iconoclasts that have been absorbed by the media and repackaged and resold as iconoclasts. You don't need to look further that Jack Kerouac on a GAP poster.
Lars