Oh nooooo...Dos Equis is retiring "The Most Interesting Man in the World"
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When asked whether his character summoned the personalities of great men of past generations, the Man himself, Johnathan Goldsmith has this as a response (from
http://ift.tt/227IE3d:
" I do believe times are much different now. Back in those days the personality qualities of a person came from actual experience. It came from the application of learned skills from reading, being engaged in struggles and overcoming obstacles. Compare this to today, where anyone—regardless of ability, talent and comportment—can take a crash course in just about anything in just moments on the internet. This has in many ways shortened and changed the seat of the pants of people to educate oneself. An example would be reading classic comic books instead of the classic novels themselves. I believe that there are too many shortcuts; one can pick up the appearance of success through material things and the so-called visual accouterments of success. Reading has stopped. It is now entirely a shortcut world. Unfortunately, looking cool is far more important than being truly cool—I could write a book on the changing world and its values."
:(
When asked whether his character summoned the personalities of great men of past generations, the Man himself, Johnathan Goldsmith has this as a response (from
http://ift.tt/227IE3d:
" I do believe times are much different now. Back in those days the personality qualities of a person came from actual experience. It came from the application of learned skills from reading, being engaged in struggles and overcoming obstacles. Compare this to today, where anyone—regardless of ability, talent and comportment—can take a crash course in just about anything in just moments on the internet. This has in many ways shortened and changed the seat of the pants of people to educate oneself. An example would be reading classic comic books instead of the classic novels themselves. I believe that there are too many shortcuts; one can pick up the appearance of success through material things and the so-called visual accouterments of success. Reading has stopped. It is now entirely a shortcut world. Unfortunately, looking cool is far more important than being truly cool—I could write a book on the changing world and its values."
via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1pjOjp3
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