Yep, if that makes any sense, though I don't know about the zen bit. So
can we expect a golden socialist future of mutual understanding based on
some scientific knowledge tempered with wisdom? Or the same old
dialectic between opposite understandings?
MM
Thomas Lunde wrote:
> >In a world of pure self-interest, can there be any paradigms of
> >communication?
>
> Thomas: This question sounds like one of those zen koans where you
> feel
> there should be an obvious answer and every time you put one forth,
> the
> master answers "nyet". My point was that when self interest, whether
> personal, or national, or your local stockbroker is involved in which
> their
> answer is related back to "whats the best for me" then you cannot
> trust that
> answer. For any statement "they" make will become fluid should their
> self
> interest change. This then becomes the paradigm - lack of trust.
> This is
> the spiral to chaos.
>
