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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (72350)	8/12/2003 11:40:59 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

hmmm I'll wait and see if Neo buys into your assessment of the "differences". :-) I DO totally agree that this is one of the interesting things about SI. It's interesting in the real world too, but it isn't laid as bare in 3d.

To: Lane3 who wrote (72350)	8/12/2003 11:50:27 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Society is not "by design", but it is also not merely a sum of individual choices. There are institutions which promote customs and values; there are large scale social movements and events which have a broad impact on the way a society views things, like the Second World War; and there are media to disseminate some trends and ideas over others. Although we have some freedom within it, and may contribute to its evolution, we no more make up our culture than we do our language. Thus, there is a good deal of pre- givenness to our ideas, behavior, and tastes, particularly if you can narrow down the subculture to which a person belongs. The advantage that I have is that my view is more accurate, scientifically........