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To: combjelly who wrote (550965)	2/18/2010 9:48:44 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572637

>>Easy. There was a strong anti-intellectual streak during the 1960s. A significant part of the hippy movement was back to the Earth, get off the technological treadmill. << I figured that was what you were referring to and is the impression many have. However, it was just the opposite. I was there and was one of those hippies as was Wharfrat. It was one of the most intellectually stimulating periods of all history and as mentioned spawned the birth of existentialism which was as important to the worlds societies as the industrial revolution. It was never anti intellectual. Everyone was reading and discussing ideas. Herman Hesse in the SF Bay area was probably the most widely read author, but it ranged the entire gamet of philosophies. People were expermenting with all sorts of lifestyles and ideas. The 70's and 80's was actually when anti intellectualism began and was intellectual curiosoty died and was replaced, once again, by people chasing status, power and money and a shallow existence. The reason, IMO, is that unless one has taken the time to develop a very sophisticated effort at self actualization they will fall into the trap of "keeping up with the Jones's" which is a very shallow way to live. Once one gains confidence in themselves and an awareness of sorts, of reality, power and status become meaningless. There is a great story of when Einstein and Thomas Edison returned from a trans Atlantic voyage to New York harbor where thousands of people were cheering on the docks. Einstein looked at Edison and asked: what does all this mean"? Edison responded "nothing, nothing at all".

To: combjelly who wrote (550965)	2/18/2010 10:24:02 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572637

"A significant part of the hippy movement was back to the Earth, get off the technological treadmill." I never liked that part! Also, apathy killed our wonderful space program, that, and the continual whining that why should we spend so much on that when we have people starving here on Earth? Yet, in the future when our society is studied as Rome is now, we'll be remembered for getting to the moon and the atom bomb. It looks like we'll be the Lief Erikssons of the future - the misguided schlubs that got there first and couldn't see the value in pursuing it.