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Author: Gary ChildressGary Childress Date: May 31, 2007 22:30
The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
term as "tribal" instincts. Yet we live in a world which grows
smaller and smaller every day. On the Internet we can communicate
with the far reaches of the globe in a matter of minutes or even
seconds....converse with others from vastly different backgrounds.
Perhaps the majority of humanity hasn't caught up yet with their
vanguard thinkers? It seems we may have slipped back into a kind of
dark age of intolerance and conservatism, especially these last few
years. Or is this "as good as it gets"?
My perception is I was a child of the generation of "diversity" and
"tolerance", spawne --phoenix like--from the ashes of a world torn up
and fed up with two world wars. Now we find ourselves in the midst of
another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat.
Does anyone else out there share this perspective?
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Jun 1, 2007 06:15
On Thu, 31 May 2007 22:30:23 -0700, Gary Childress aol.com> wrote:
>The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
>thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
>philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
>term...
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jun 1, 2007 08:35
On May 31, 10:30 pm, Gary Childress aol.com> wrote:> The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
> thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
> philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
> term as "tribal" instincts. Yet we live in a world which grows
> smaller and smaller every day. On the Internet we can communicate
> with the far reaches of the globe in a matter of minutes or even
> seconds....converse with others from vastly different backgrounds.
> Perhaps the majority of humanity hasn't caught up yet with their
> vanguard thinkers? It seems we may have slipped back into a kind of
> dark age of intolerance and conservatism, especially these last few
> years. Or is this "as good as it gets"?
>
> My perception is I was a child of the generation of "diversity" and
> "tolerance", spawned--phoenix like--from the ashes of a world torn up
> and fed up with two world wars. Now we find ourselves in the midst of
> another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
> in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat.
>
> Does anyone else out there share this perspective? ...
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Author: EdEd Date: Jun 1, 2007 13:22
On Jun 1, 1:30 am, Gary Childress aol.com> wrote:> The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
> thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
> philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
> term as "tribal" instincts. Yet we live in a world which grows
> smaller and smaller every day. On the Internet we can communicate
> with the far reaches of the globe in a matter of minutes or even
> seconds....converse with others from vastly different backgrounds.
> Perhaps the majority of humanity hasn't caught up yet with their
> vanguard thinkers? It seems we may have slipped back into a kind of
> dark age of intolerance and conservatism, especially these last few
> years. Or is this "as good as it gets"?
>
> My perception is I was a child of the generation of "diversity" and
> "tolerance", spawned--phoenix like--from the ashes of a world torn up
> and fed up with two world wars. Now we find ourselves in the midst of
> another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
> in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat.
>
> Does anyone else out there share this perspective? ...
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Author: Ian SmithIan Smith Date: Jun 1, 2007 18:11
On Thu, 31 May 2007 22:30:23 -0700, Gary Childress wrote:
> The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
> thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic philosophies
> and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might...
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Author: JustintruthJustintruth Date: Jun 5, 2007 00:02
On Jun 1, 1:30 am, Gary Childress aol.com> wrote:> The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
> thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
> philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
> term as "tribal" instincts. Yet we live in a world which grows
> smaller and smaller every day. On the Internet we can communicate
> with the far reaches of the globe in a matter of minutes or even
> seconds....converse with others from vastly different backgrounds.
> Perhaps the majority of humanity hasn't caught up yet with their
> vanguard thinkers? It seems we may have slipped back into a kind of
> dark age of intolerance and conservatism, especially these last few
> years. Or is this "as good as it gets"?
>
> My perception is I was a child of the generation of "diversity" and
> "tolerance", spawned--phoenix like--from the ashes of a world torn up
> and fed up with two world wars. Now we find ourselves in the midst of
> another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
> in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat.
>
> Does anyone else out there share this perspective? ...
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Author: toolytooly Date: Jun 9, 2007 15:37
> The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
> thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
> philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
> term as "tribal" instincts. Yet we live in a world which grows
> smaller and smaller every day. On the Internet we can communicate
> with the far reaches of the globe in a matter of minutes or even
> seconds....converse with others from vastly different backgrounds.
> Perhaps the majority of humanity hasn't caught up yet with their
> vanguard thinkers? It seems we may have slipped back into a kind of
> dark age of intolerance and conservatism, especially these last few
> years. Or is this "as good as it gets"?
>
> My perception is I was a child of the generation of "diversity" and
> "tolerance", spawned--phoenix like--from the ashes of a world torn up
> and fed up with two world wars. Now we find ourselves in the midst of
> another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
> in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat.
> ...
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Author: Gary ChildressGary Childress Date: Jun 9, 2007 21:23
On Jun 5, 6:49 am, chazwin yahoo.com> wrote:
> You wil have to unpack this statement "Now we find ourselves in the
> midst of
>
>> another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
>> in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat."
>
> Which "war"? Toleration for whom?
>
The war on terror....duh. Toleration for other cultures. Are you
living in a bubble somewhere?
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Author: compscificompscifi Date: Jun 11, 2007 17:13
On Jun 1, 1:30 am, Gary Childress aol.com> wrote:> The vast majority of humans seem to be unaquainted with contemporary
> thinking, existentialism, phenomenology, secular humanistic
> philosophies and others. Many still harbor what Karl Popper might
> term as "tribal" instincts. Yet we live in a world which grows
> smaller and smaller every day. On the Internet we can communicate
> with the far reaches of the globe in a matter of minutes or even
> seconds....converse with others from vastly different backgrounds.
> Perhaps the majority of humanity hasn't caught up yet with their
> vanguard thinkers? It seems we may have slipped back into a kind of
> dark age of intolerance and conservatism, especially these last few
> years. Or is this "as good as it gets"?
>
> My perception is I was a child of the generation of "diversity" and
> "tolerance", spawned--phoenix like--from the ashes of a world torn up
> and fed up with two world wars. Now we find ourselves in the midst of
> another war and the values of diversity and tolerance don't seem to be
> in the forefront anymore. They seem to be on their heels in retreat.
>
> Does anyone else out there share this perspective? ...
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