On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:48:41 -0700 (PDT), Deborah Harrell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adapt or die. That is what all human social
> constructs must do. Permanent rigidity in thought
> will cause 'death' of the organization - look at frex
> the Shakers.
Your organization is more likely to survive if it's a community that
allows procreation within the community than if it's a community that
doesn't allow procreation. :)
But they were a useful organization to the greater community, being a
good place for raising orphans and taking in widows who didn't want to
remarry and didn't have the resources to survive on their own.
Adapt or die -- as society changed and there wasn't as great a need
for the services they provided because other constructs had come along
to do those jobs, the communities died out one by one. (I think I
remember there being 4 surviving Shakers at some point, and within 5
years it was down to 1....)
Julia
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