Title: The World is Around You, But You
Are In Your Car
Genre: History/Civilization
Author: William Trently
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 148
Language: English
ISBN – 978-1-44014-284-0
The World is
Around You, but You are in Your Car is a work of fiction wrapped around an
essay that describes an American problem—the relentless pursuit of the perfect
life—and its negative consequences that adversely affect progress and behavior
toward the rest of the world. “I want it, and I want it now,” with its shortage
of self-restraint, has been taken to levels not reached before, and the
insidious ramifications are eye-opening: the easy disposability of people or
principles if these should obstruct the path to the perfect life, the mental
depression from the strains of struggling to keep up with neighbors, or the
isolation from reality as people become more and more comfortable in their
plush living rooms and cars.
The tale
brings history’s great philosophers together to sound an alarm and talk about
ways to slow the relentless pursuit. They have already debated the relevant
issues with each other; here in this story, their role is only to inform us of
their conclusions. They discuss the external and internal controls that
restrain the pursuit, agreeing that internal control, involving individual
self-regulation, is more effective and desired than external control, primarily
because of its greater conduciveness to freedom, the crown jewel of this
civilization.
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About the Author:
William M. Trently received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the University of Scranton in 1982 and a D.M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1986. He served twenty years as an officer in the United States Navy Reserve, retiring as a Commander. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1960, he resides in New Hampshire with his wife, Bertha.
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