Does taking AP Economics take the passions out of life and change your thinking?

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<p>The author of my text book of “AP Economics” talks about this in the first chapter. Says how learning this material will take some passions out of life and change the way you think forever and make you more “reasonable” about everything.</p>

<p>What I’m worried about is that I want to be an artist, and part of being an artist is being a somewhat unreasonable thinker and cultivating passion by living a little unstably, etc.</p>

<p>The author of this book has a very opinioned and quirky style of writing.</p>

<p>Anyway, do you think this is true? I’m probally over thinking it but it’s just how the author put these words together that it got to my inner core of myself, if that makes sense.</p>

<p>edit:
I’ve took chemistry and math classes and that never changed my “way of thinking forever” too becoming to logical to be a good artist… So I don’t know if what the author said is true.</p>

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<p>Who is the author?</p>

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<p>Its true, to an extent. Econ has a basic assumption that people are always logical, and that emotions never play a role in decisions. You remove that assumption and it all falls apart. Demand curves go upwards, equilibrium prices jump all over the place, and nothing makes sense, in an econ perspective.
So for your AP class, go along with that assumption. Keep in mind that real life isn’t always how your textbook describes it. A high school econ textbook isn’t going to change your life. You’ll still be able to “think unreasonably”, but at the same time you’ll be able to explain stuff around you, logically.</p>

<p>(I’m not an artist, btw, and I don’t do creativity well, so my advice might not be very accurate)</p>