I knew that you couldn't make a living simply writing about the outdoors, so I made an effort from the beginning of my freelance career to write about other subjects.
Jon KrakauerRead
Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment.
Interpretation
Military investigations often protect those in power rather than seek justice.
Jon Krakauer's quote highlights the fundamental flaws within military investigations, suggesting that their purpose is more about safeguarding the hierarchy than uncovering truth or accountability. This systemic issue creates barriers that prevent genuine scrutiny of leadership and actions within military ranks, ultimately leading to a lack of transparency and justice.
In practice
In a discussion about military ethics during a conference.
I knew that you couldn't make a living simply writing about the outdoors, so I made an effort from the beginning of my freelance career to write about other subjects.
Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.
He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often. A couple of times I tried to tell him it was a mistake to get too deep into that kind of stuff, but Alex got stuck on things. He always had to know the absolute right answer before he could go on to the next thing.
Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.
The way Everest is guided is very different from the way other mountains are guided, and it flies in the face of values I hold dear: self-reliance, taking responsibility for what you do, making your own decisions, trusting your judgment - the kind of judgment that comes only through paying your dues, through experience.
Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
The cyborg would not recognize the garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.
Blameless people are always the most exasperating.
Suicide is the means of men whose resilience has been eaten away by rust, the rust of the daily round. They were born for action, but they have delayed their action; so action turns back on them with the swing of a pendulum. Suicide is an act, the act of those who have not been able to accomplish others. It is an act of faith, like all acts. Faith in oneβs neighbor, in the existence of oneβs neighbor, in the reality of the self and the other selves.
The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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