Too much of society is being forced into simple, binary decisions. The truth is unfortunately not so easy on complex issues. Our tribal culture, which refuses to acknowledge nuance, exacerbates this problem to the demise of us all. How do we solve this?
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Replying to @AdamSinger
I don't think the identified problems are unique to our time in history. What may be unique is the speed and scale that problems arise, because of our current toolset.
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Replying to @NelsonMRosario @AdamSinger
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@antoniogm had a thread about how the ancients would not be surprised about any of our current political and cultural problems.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Humans do a terrible job at lesson transfer across generations. The tragedy is people literally write books with examples in them to try and motivate this problem. "Herein lies the contours of your follies!"
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I think you are missing something v important: HUMANS may do a terrible job. But some do an excellent job. Look at organized religion. Orthodox Jews still study the Talmud every day. Families carefully follow strictures handed down for 50+ generations!
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That is a really really good point. Does this mean I have to become an Orthodox Jew? Kidding, but I am envious of that ability; however, it is difficult to setup something like that without a religious/spiritual component to it.
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I'll settle for Reform Jew. And it's significant that religions are the longest-lasting human cultural artifacts. Nothing else comes close, not even languages.
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