New York Times Columnist Line of the Day

If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written.

Today\’s is from David Brooks, who in his column today, \”Becoming a Real Person,\” writes:

During that interval, the young person can throw himself with reckless abandon at other people and learn from them.

That is quite an interesting an unorthodox method of learning.