On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 06:14:09 -0700,
in extropians-digest V6 #74
"Greg Burch" <gregburch@gregburch.net>
wrote:
> [ ... ]
>by simple formulae. To say that the problem is ?cultural?
>doesn?t suggest quick or simple solutions. How do you change
>the basic habits of mind that are inherent in almost every
>aspect of people?s lives? One thing that won?t work is simple, >?top-down? institutional reform. Instead, what is required
>is a broad-based and deep impetus to honest self-assessment.
>How this can be fostered is the real challenge.
>
>
If a given second-world country has a coherent and
self-aware community of frustrated progressives, typically
educated and wealthy, they should be able to take a lesson
from the United States of two generations ago. Investing
heavily in the nation's mass entertainment industry will
give them some measure of content control over the
nation's myths and memetic vocabulary.
stencil sends
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