[Mind's Eye] Re: are we as a global society moving forward or backward?

Numbness through overload that seems to hit home somehow. Also
isolation from discourse engendered by the mass media.

A world full of soundbites and populist memes aimed to strike quickly
at the emotions because attention spans are limited.

Is this our present reallity, is it harmful. If so can anything be
done about it.

Education is such a slow process and newspapers and TV seem to 'teach'
more quickly.

It seems that even the educational hierarchy are moving away from
thinking towards knowledge based rote solutions.

Am I too pessimistic.

MalcOn Apr 4, 12:46 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It does seem ironic that with our new levels of global communication
> we risk numbness.
>
> I could draw the same profiles about my neighborhood or various
> groups.
>
> I live in a house but it sometimes feels like the middle of a jungle
> or arctic solitudes.
>
> The challenge to a global society- or society at large- is that some
> have more control than others. ("Animal Farm"- Orwell)
>
> On Apr 3, 3:39 am, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Bryan.
>
> > As to whether or not global society is "moving forward or backward" I
> > guess we cannot make a judgement and probably never will be able to.
>
> > I live in a hut in the jungle amid a staunchly tribal society.
> > Certainly I would consider most of these tribal people honerable, some
> > wise =some not, some greedy some generous, certainly their lack of
> > wealth and technical progress has not made them less worthy or less
> > virtuous.
>
> > As to global society, I guess we have an undamped control system which
> > is always on the bring of resonance.
>
> > Malc
>
> > On Mar 31, 8:00 am, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > allin my reference point is still obsevabe today , a time befor
> > > building with stone, a time living in huts , cabbins , tents, in
> > > nature with nature, tribe like
>
> > > On Mar 30, 1:48 pm, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > if u tell yourself you cant make change in the world your right ~
> > > > actionless abomitable stagnation ,
>
> > > > through a rock in the water , u see the ripple , but underneeth the
> > > > surface , the view is merky.
>
> > > > rigsy03 wrote:
> > > > > Or treading water?
>
> > > > > But we must not be so proud to think we can change the ways of the
> > > > > world. Does evil exist to spur virtue- like kind of a shock?
>
> > > > > I do see forward improvements in my family from my parents to my
> > > > > children and grandchildren so something took place. MOI! :-) I am
> > > > > laughing...
>
> > > > > On Mar 30, 4:00 am, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > I would guess we are staying roughtly in the same place.
>
> > > > > > We still have war, we still have despots clinging to power we still
> > > > > > have shady democracy and the haves and have nots.  We have patriotism,
> > > > > > we have religious strife, we have those that are oppresed and those
> > > > > > that oppress.  No we have not moved far at all in the millenia that
> > > > > > our species ceased to crawl on four legs.
>
> > > > > > On Mar 30, 7:18 am, allan deheretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > what is the reference point  we are to to use in determining this question
> > > > > > > from?
> > > > > > > Allan
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> > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:43 AM, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > > > > > > > for me its easy to say to myself , " its doing bolth"  but
> > > > > > > > thats ....... , eather vary simple minded or very profound or ......
> > > > > > > > bolth , oh no , i think i brained my damage , i mean drained my
> > > > > > > > bamage
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> > > > > > > --
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> > > > > > >   )
> > > > > > > I_D Allan
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> > > > > > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
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