> [Platt] > The intellectual (individual) level is better than the social > (collective) level. > > [Arlo] > I'm not talking about Platt's neocon MOQ, nor do I have any desire > to, I'm talking about Pirsig's.
Let's talk Pirsig's MOQ: "But what he saw at this point was a social pattern of -values, a film, devouring an intellectual pattern of values, his book. It would be a lower form of life feeding upon a higher form of life. As such it would be immoral. And that's exactly how it felt: immoral." (Lila, 20). For Arlo, lower and higher forms of life are equal. Comical. > [Platt] > If all was balanced, there would be no evolution. > > [Arlo] > Wrong. It is balance (not stasis) that allows evolution. Without it, > new directions would not latch on one hand, and on the other there > would be no new directions. Balance implies stasis -- physical equilibrium. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
