My sons need this kind of Unc energy. Thank you. I have been considering force-feeding their brains some TNG, DS9, and Voyager for a while now. I need to talk to some folks who are deeper into those weeds to see if there might be an expert curated selection in existence that I can jumpstart them with instead of trying to get their GenZ brains hooked starting with the first season.
BTW Picard's Stoicism deserves capitalization and I say that as someone who actively identified as a Stoic. He was one of my earliest models of what that looks like outside of antiquity.
Thank you very much for joining me last night, and thank you for the comment.
Apparently, I am now officially classified as having Unc energy. I’m not sure how I feel about that yet.
If I were you, I’d start with some of the best episodes rather than trying to force them through the first season. Maybe hook them with the action-heavy ones first, then slowly move them into the more philosophical episodes once they’re invested.
Just off the top of my head: “Year of Hell” from Voyager, “The Best of Both Worlds” from TNG, and I’m sure there are a few great Dominion War episodes from DS9 that would work. Then you can move them into “In the Pale Moonlight,” with Sisko’s confession, which is one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek.
Those are great starting points to get them hooked. Then, once they’re in, you can start layering in the bigger philosophical episodes and connect them to modern-day conversations.
My two young adult sons (William and Delano) wandered through the room while I had your stream going. I will try to get them subbed here. They are both substitutes in CMSD for the rest of the school year, then we want to figure out some campaigning opportunities to support those who support public education including higher ed. We have a projector and inflatable 21ft screen, maybe we can have some "best of GenX Star Trek" gatherings to get some imagining better going. I want to be moving towards the kind of society imagined in those shows, and the kids need the lexicon.
My sons need this kind of Unc energy. Thank you. I have been considering force-feeding their brains some TNG, DS9, and Voyager for a while now. I need to talk to some folks who are deeper into those weeds to see if there might be an expert curated selection in existence that I can jumpstart them with instead of trying to get their GenZ brains hooked starting with the first season.
BTW Picard's Stoicism deserves capitalization and I say that as someone who actively identified as a Stoic. He was one of my earliest models of what that looks like outside of antiquity.
Thank you very much for joining me last night, and thank you for the comment.
Apparently, I am now officially classified as having Unc energy. I’m not sure how I feel about that yet.
If I were you, I’d start with some of the best episodes rather than trying to force them through the first season. Maybe hook them with the action-heavy ones first, then slowly move them into the more philosophical episodes once they’re invested.
Just off the top of my head: “Year of Hell” from Voyager, “The Best of Both Worlds” from TNG, and I’m sure there are a few great Dominion War episodes from DS9 that would work. Then you can move them into “In the Pale Moonlight,” with Sisko’s confession, which is one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek.
Those are great starting points to get them hooked. Then, once they’re in, you can start layering in the bigger philosophical episodes and connect them to modern-day conversations.
My two young adult sons (William and Delano) wandered through the room while I had your stream going. I will try to get them subbed here. They are both substitutes in CMSD for the rest of the school year, then we want to figure out some campaigning opportunities to support those who support public education including higher ed. We have a projector and inflatable 21ft screen, maybe we can have some "best of GenX Star Trek" gatherings to get some imagining better going. I want to be moving towards the kind of society imagined in those shows, and the kids need the lexicon.
There. Are. Four. Lights.
Love this! There. ARE! Four. Lights.