I don&#x27;t really see how someone who is so willingly and naively a slave to their culture could ever be trusted to make good, objective decisions.<p>Imagine for a moment that you&#x27;ve decided to go a year without speaking. What would your friends and family think of you? Are you too afraid of what they think to do it? If so, then how could you ever know if you have what it takes to be a good person? How do you know if your culture is depriving you of the freedom to make a hard-but-correct decision? How can someone call themselves a leader when their too busy following to even see forks in the road?<p>Maybe I&#x27;m biased since I&#x27;ve had to pack an ascetic lifestyle into a duffel bag and go to war as a freshly-minted adult, but I&#x27;m thoroughly disappointed that someone would think going without completely unnecessary luxuries like coffee and alcohol is noteworthy in any way. People go without far more than that for far longer. What a small world some people live in.