I do sense an aspect of timelessness in the platform, on which people with fundamental questions or doubts met and discoursed to clarify.
What happened was people began ' arriving ' at their fixed and hardened perspectives, views or values. Which makes an open conversation impossible, for there is mere reiteration of known positions. Like, it would be disappointing if we came to clear the ground and found it littered with buildings of all sorts, including those one may disagree with or dislike. I believe the developments take nothing away from the timelessness of ME. But we need to go back to discussing fundamental issues, aspects or terms. For instances, I am till date intrigued by what people mean when they use the term ' capitalism.' Ideally, the user should be able to enlighten us with all ideate dimensions to the term - practice, structure, economic values system, moral values, ethical values, and way - of - life beliefs and philosophy. The discussion would of course veer to alternate systems and philosophies ... and so on. The participants definitely make their own informed or cultural choices along the way. Life itself clarifies the rest of the way. And perhaps the discourse gets upgraded ... sometime ... if there are enough interested members to infuse life !!
