This is an excellent question. Thanks, Steve. First, do you truly think it is possible or useful to have a balance between Faber, Sapiens, and Ludens? Then what would it be? My vote would be for a Taoist approach, responding to the needs of the moment with the appropriate way of being. Rather than to create a hierarchy of use that says one approach is always better than the others- which may seem psychologically tidy but doesn’t work. Years ago in ANALOG science fiction/science fact (dating myself, it was the only magazine I read as a teenager) the editor wrote “The only problem with flawless logic is that it’s completely irrational”. Even Spock got a girlfriend…..
Tory On Feb 15, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > What represents a responsible, enlightened balance between Faber, Sapiens and > Ludens ? As both Glen and Marcus have pointed out (I hope I'm not taking > too many liberties in interpreting them) the only way to find out answers to > questions like this is to proceed, and I have to agree... I just don't want > to see any of the three thrown out/ignored/marginalized at the expense of the > others.
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