In this model of conscious experience, the inner self is integrated into the supporting universe and not separate from it. In such a model, ecological harmony is not a delicate trade-off between conflicting interests, but a consolidation to the central core of one’s own identity.
Of course. I am not criticizing your culture. I am criticizing the idea of identifying with a culture.
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I don't know if I mentioned this to you in one of our previous conversations. But this hacker koan of Marvin Minsky comes to my mind. You cannot close your eyes and say I am not identifying with any culture. You always do, even if you are ignorant of it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10970937 …
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No, that is precisely the affliction that marks your condition. You cannot imagine not to identify with a culture. You are like a theist that cannot truly understand how to not believe in God.
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You are of course exactly as free to identify with a culture as your own integrity demands it. That is in principle unrelated to anything I can have the power to say.
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