This quote introduces the idea that there is a group that goes about life by following social norms. Others see this and are concerned with deviating from these norms and thus all people take part in what everyone finds to be pleasure. The first sentence states nothing is made certain in this world and thus norms were created because people are unsure of how to go about their lives in society. This unsureness and need for direction is what Heidegger calls the “dictatorship of the “they”” (Heidegger p.234). This being rules and norms that humans follow on a day to day basis. The “they” control how we feel and judge things. The second sentence discusses how the things that we enjoy and the opinions we have are formed by the “they”. Everything
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I never realized how on a daily basis we follow what someone decided was a way to go about your day. I have no idea how going class daily at the scheduled time became a norm. It must have been something that everyone started doing and later became a more concrete idea and normal for every student to do. I agree that no one person started all this and that others hopped on the bandwagon to what become normal. After it becomes “tradition” or “routine” you don’t really question why you do what you do, it is just normal. This is why it is so easy to fall into the “they”. You don’t even realize that most things you do have been pre-determined by the culture and society you were born into. The movie “August Rush” comes to mind because we know that when learning how to play the guitar there is one way to play it, strumming the strings according to the notes you are trying to play. In this movie a kid finds a new way to make playing the guitar his own; instead of only using the strings, he uses other aspects of the guitar to make music in a way that is not considered normal. The “they” created what is a normal way to learn how to use a guitar and many follow this when learning the instrument. Whether it is going to class or the way an instrument is meant to be played, these were all started by someone, however, not just one person in particular and we follow these because it is normal and the way we were taught it is meant to
I never realized how on a daily basis we follow what someone decided was a way to go about your day. I have no idea how going class daily at the scheduled time became a norm. It must have been something that everyone started doing and later became a more concrete idea and normal for every student to do. I agree that no one person started all this and that others hopped on the bandwagon to what become normal. After it becomes “tradition” or “routine” you don’t really question why you do what you do, it is just normal. This is why it is so easy to fall into the “they”. You don’t even realize that most things you do have been pre-determined by the culture and society you were born into. The movie “August Rush” comes to mind because we know that when learning how to play the guitar there is one way to play it, strumming the strings according to the notes you are trying to play. In this movie a kid finds a new way to make playing the guitar his own; instead of only using the strings, he uses other aspects of the guitar to make music in a way that is not considered normal. The “they” created what is a normal way to learn how to use a guitar and many follow this when learning the instrument. Whether it is going to class or the way an instrument is meant to be played, these were all started by someone, however, not just one person in particular and we follow these because it is normal and the way we were taught it is meant to