It does seem almost a hopeless task, and maybe it really is hopeless. But, if we accept that, then we guarantee that we can't change anything for the better so at least in the meantime maybe we can have some fun trying to figure out how it might work and in the process, who knows? Maybe some people will get some good ideas and they'll get communicated to a few others, etc. etc.???who knows??/
Anyway, I have said many times that we need to change at all levels because just changing individuals or just trying to change the structure by itself won't work. So we have to think about how we will change the way we socialize our children from birth. There is a lot of information about the fact that boys and girls are treated differently in the delivery room; boys are handled more roughly and not paid much attention to; girls are hanled more gently and gooed and cooed over. And from there the differences continue and of course there are differences by class and all the values of competition and violence and one-upmanship, etc. are imposed through parents, schools, the media, etc. We need to think about how to change this as well as the structure. Of course some education to make people aware fo the way various methods of socialization inculcate various values is one of many strategies. Selma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Engineering and adjudicating the economy > > So, in the U.S. we extend social security benefits to the entire adult > population. Simultaneously, we establish independent 'education funds' > for each child at birth that could only be tapped when the child turns > 18 (or some other magical age) -- something on the order of a $3000 > investment can provide the cost of an ivy league education at age 18. > And we start immediately educating people to the possibility of a > different way of life, of raising children, of..... > > But these good and necessary activities do not address how to channel > individuals away from the desire to gain power over others. I admit that > I don't have a clue at this point how to do it, but unless this is done > I fear that the other necessary components will fail to achieve what we > want. > > Barry Stennett > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
