IMHO, if you simply condemn those you disagree with, if you simply stay within the confines of a self-affirming tribe—never striving to see that if for a different set of circumstances, you may very well have become that person you condemn—then you condemn yourself to a life that runs in endless circles.
Evolution may SEEM to be taking place, but more likely than not, you’ll just find yourself running that same, tired old pattern.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
True. There’s a double-edged sword to tribalism. It is the foundational stone of civilization, yet it is confining to the individual. It builds societies, while stifling the individual spirit.
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It is indeed a necessary instinct. I think now our challenge is to find constructive ways of expressing it.
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You’ve reached the same conclusion as that expressed The Complacent Class, a recent book by Tyler Cowen.
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Promise I didn’t steal it! I’m too busy drafting, haha!
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LOL – I hear that. Probably a zeitgist result.
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This is the third post I have read from quite separate parts of the WP community on the theme of communication and listening to others.
There’s hope for us yet!!
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I keep saying that the internet is like a human-wide psychedelic awakening. I DEFINITELY think there’s hope; the only question remains whether we’ll grow up fast enough to avoid killing ourselves thru stupidity.
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Agreed; there’s not enough medical research done into the Human condition of Terminal Stupidity.
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I feel like if we just kept up our rate of progress from the last few decades, we’d have a pretty awesome place to live a hundred years from now. Of course I’ve just stated the ironic premise of every time travel story where the future occurs contrary to expectations…
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Very true. Even Hari Seldon had The Mule
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I haven’t read Asimov since I was a kid; I actually had to google that name. I’m gonna have to go back and check him out, haha!
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The original Foundation Trilogy doesn’t age much, I read it first when I was 14(ish); 50+ years on, still cool
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Yeah? I’ll have to check it out. That’s the cool thing about books as opposed to movies—they tend to age rather well. Even Bukowski’s dated mannerisms and phrases seem quaint and charming in book form. When I see older movies though I’m like what the hell???
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SF books that deal with the far future are on safe ground, because thousands of years ahead…who can tell?
PS I’ve just been googling Bukowski; interesting, thanks for the share.
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Yea no problem! I like him cos he did his best to say what we all know to be true…without the woo-woo BS.
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I’ll have to read some
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