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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