@frankjdistefano@DKThomp We meet to do some in-depth thinking about what “competition” should mean in the 21st Century. At the moment, the word is used in almost a Hobbesian sense.
@peligrietzer John Kenneth Galbraith coined of the phrase “convenient social virtue“ to denote “virtues” that kept the masses in line, but which were ignored by the power elite.
@MeanPanduh No mystery. Evolution equipped us with the vision we now have because being able to see that portion of the spectrum enabled us to survive.
@cjp_still A college degree is a PUBLIC GOOD. Most developed nations recognize this and fund free education for anyone who can meet admission requirements. To quibble about student debt is merely a device to avoid the big question: why can’t public goods be funded by the public?
James Merrill, near the end.
“No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today’s / Dusk room aglow / For the last time / With candlelight. / Faces love lit, / Gifts underfoot. / Still to be so poised, so / Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.”