I disagree. Our society doesn't honor the rational mind. It honors acquisitiveness and obsequiousness.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]> wrote: > "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift; the rational mind is faithful servant. > We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the > gift." > > >>>Albert Einstein > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Harrell > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 5:28 PM > To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Negative Social and Environmental Externalities as > the Engine of "Growth" > > double negatives > > i've often wondered about the double negative > immigrants from horror succeeding brilliantly in america, > children grown in affluence exceeding grandparents wildest dreams, > only to struggle for the rest of their life doing junk. > little that a vegetable couldn't accomplish. > > what is it about this place that curses the children? > warren and bill worried but unknowing, > a quartet of kochs struggling for something. > how is it that the disembodied head of the king of france > was the brain of a clockmaker? > > is it the need to deserve? > to own both custer's and sitting bull's rifles. > as if history could rub off, > significance could be experienced. > joy escaped without sorrow. > > cato reminds me of the great ring of rome > the ring that brutus wore into battle > only to be lost among the dead and forgotten. > can it be that significance is not objective? > > that what is missed is the poverty and its significance. > that what we are looking at is old fashioned envy > clothed in the violent fur of a skinny rodent? > > REH 2010 November 15 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandwichman > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 4:39 PM > To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION > Subject: [Futurework] Negative Social and Environmental Externalities as the > Engine of "Growth" > > Stefano Bartolini has written several papers looking at how negative > social and environmental externalities are acting as an engine of > growth as people spend money to try to escape those effects. I've > linked to a couple of papers by Bartolini and also to a paper by Roefi > Hueting at Ecological Headstand. > > http://ecologicalheadstand.blogspot.com/ > > -- > Sandwichman > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
