In a message dated 12/12/99 10:22:19 AM Central Standard Time,
RISKYBIZ9@aol.com writes:
<< ROGER:
Jon, you seem to carry a tremendous burden. May I ask if there was ever a
Golden Age where people could be happy? If not, when will you deem that
suffering has been reduced enough that we can celebrate and throw a bit of a
party? >>
JON:
As Pirsig says in Lila, the intellectual level gained precedent over the
other levels in the early 1900s. Humanity now has the necessary BRAINS to
start making the changes we need in order to improve our value systems.
That's what makes our complacency all the more evil; so many of us are smart
enough to see the deep problems of the world, but we *choose* to do nothing.
"We didn't know any better" is a lousy excuse in a world overflowing with
smart people.
Jon
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