【kaleidoscope】第三次作业issue40 by 网兜妮妮

网兜妮妮UID：2612538

TOPIC: ISSUE40 - "Scholars and researchers should not be concerned with whether their work makes a contribution to the larger society. It is more important that they pursue their individual interests, however unusual or idiosyncratic those interests may seem."


Many people choose to a academic life in their future, but why they make the choice, merely based on individual interests? Hardly can I agree with it. In my view, the ambition to make contributions to the society as a whole should be the first consideration to do researches.

Humans are basically social animals, people work together as a society, and the objective of any occupations is to make the world a better place to live. Although jobs should meet the basic need ----to earn money to buy food and houses, beyond this, any job position acts as part of the social machine to help it run well. For example, worker contribute to the society for their products, from furniture to cars; farmers work hard to provide food to the society, which help everyone to live; politics act as leaders to make harmony in society; business man help the exchanging process to make a more comfort world. What should scholars and researcher do? Just follow their personal interests to inquiry some idiosyncratic areas, not matter useful or not? That seems unfair to other occupations. In fact, scholars and researchers work as the brain of the society, which help all fields to enhance the productive, to solve the problems and balance the interests, with which, our society can be better in the future. For example, the most important scholar in China is YUAN long ping, who invent a new way to plant rice and raise the productive three times more than before, which solve the biggest problem in China-----to meet the basic need of the large population. Also, he makes great contributions to the whole world----as a large society---- to decrease the population of starving. For sure, he is regarded as one of the greatest scholars around the world.

Moreover, any subjects or fields will attract someone, some non-stream areas, like fortune-telling, astrology as have its fans. As individual interests, these areas seem interesting and any one what to know the unknown future----as the instinct. Yet, it is totally unnecessary to regard these areas as academic fields for inquiry. Any way, these fields not benefit the society, or even do harm to it. If people tend to believe the fortune-telling, no one will work hard to achieve goals; instead, they will depend on luck to get money and happiness, which seems really ridiculers. Denying the old saying as” no pains, no gains”, they society will loose competition and achieve nothing at last. It is a terrible result that no one would want to see. Therefore, to avoid this situation, scholars and researchers should concern with the contributions to the society rather than the pursuit of individuals interests when to choose a subject.

In fact, in today's modern society, it is possible to combine the personal interests with the concern of the contributions to the large society. For example, I was interested in law and the inquiry of law area surly contributes to our modern life. To pursue an individual interest, one will find the inner power of him and helps to overcome the difficult in future; anyway, academic road is not that easy. What’ more, the consideration of the contribution to the society acts as the outside spur to him----the need of the society, which will also encourage him to achieve success.

In sum, the consideration of the contributions to society comes first when any one choose an academic life, anyway, we live in the society and have the responsibility to build it a better place to live. Also, engaged one’s individual interest helps him to find the inner power which lead to success. Therefore, the best answer is combining the two, to any scholars or researchers.

网兜妮妮UID：2612538

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