The philosopher Rorty warned us: Drop fruitless (& dangerous) word games. https://t.co/sbJ39lDvKy
That includes ideologies built of 'fine words' that justify who gets what. They drive us insane.
Fix the real problems. Our #1 problem: Repair Earth.
Techne. Not yakking.
"The far right is about to get its own well-heeled global think tank," writes John Feffer, "complete with the sort of political academy that was so dear to Bannon’s plan for world domination." https://t.co/FwzNDqJZbD
I don't believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with the Joneses that is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.
Boris Johnson
Of all things that have to do with communicating ideas, what could be more fascinating than the question of whether such communication is actually possible?
Friedrich Schlegel
"THIS year is shaping up as the year we finally began to recognise the full measure of risk posed by global climate change." Tony McMichael 2007
Yes. In 2007. That long ago.
Our social system rests to a frightening degree on the pervasive myth of social darwinism, a pseudo-historical, pseudo-biological rationalization of the status quo (almost any status quo).
J. Church, 1976.
If we as people do not respect and take care of the Earth, we can be sure that the Earth, in the role of Gaia, will take care of us and, if necessary, eliminate us.
James Lovelock.