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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 5 Sep 2014

    Scott Atran: Western democracies need an alternative vision of meaning & purpose to compete w/ Jihad http://gu.com/p/4xacp/tw  via @guardian

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      1. Robert Goldman‏ @NotThatrpg 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian If we create alternative vision of meaning, do we give up what Western democracy is all about? Won WWII without this.

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      1. MetaPattern‏ @MetaPattern 7 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian what, vapid consumerism and planetary destruction aren't cutting it?

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      1. Star Stuff‏ @starstuff_3 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker Would like to see u chat with @SamHarrisorg about Mid-east violence and theories of its causes coming from leftists, e.g. Atran.

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      1. Jill L. Barrett‏ @JillLBarrett 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian I wonder if the nascent US metropolitan revolution will provide an alternative. Supportive communities being built.

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      1. Dr. Ryan McCourt‏ @MarcCountry 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian "Peace, order, and good government" is a pretty decent alternative...

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      1. Brian Hodgert‏ @LifeformBri 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian strength will have to respond to strength

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      1. Brian Hodgert‏ @LifeformBri 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian I think you might be over-thinking this one. "Vision" is an abstraction of social power structures.

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      1. Darren Searle‏ @HoonSqrl 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian How exactly are beheadings "sublime"?

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      1. Nicholas Legendre‏ @nicklegendre 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Can't these guys just play video games, watch sports, and surf the web? MMOs offer a lot of local prestige and rewards.

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      1. David Wood‏ @prototypo 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian @ScottAtran How about "peaceful coexistence", "peaceful transitions of power", "better living conditions"? Oh, right.

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      1. Kitusai & Bohdan‏ @KitusaiBohdan 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian A vision where we stop paying lip service to peace, prosperity and freedom while practicing war, denial and exclusion?

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      2. Jim Newman‏ @jimnnewman 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian hmm. "Vitality of culture" finds easy meat in sacred texts espousing glory in conquest. Does not have to be so.

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      3. Jim Newman‏ @jimnnewman 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian also importance of mattering to others rather than honor to sacred rights could be peaceful, sensible, antidote.

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      1. Joe Whitesell‏ @eigenpunkt 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Read Rousseau. His words once had the power to cause revolutions and they haven't changed.

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      1. Diego‏ @diiego_dmz 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @guardian Exactly, they are looking for an iniciation that brings them an experience of meaning & purpose http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=wasDYmKWrL8C&pg=PT67&lpg=PT67&dq=joseph+campbell+menstruation&source=bl&ots=77YjlS_JY7&sig=lBg-HzdMNrPx9Wrkq4hsBItBras&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4-sJVMfGFdKMNvSHgpgI&redir_esc=y …

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