At 11:47 AM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
> At 09:58 AM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
> > > Ultimately Marsha, yes trust. Reading intent into what people (even
> > > scientists) say and do, supported by experience at the touch points
> we
> > > do have access to, and by second hand trust (or authority) if that's
> > > all we can get. Even with "direct" experience we need to beware
> > > illusions and psychological "tricks".
> > >
> > > A competitive self-interested market view of every situation sure
> doesn't
> > > help.
> > > Ian
> >
> >I wonder what the alternative to the free market might be. A syndicate
> of
> >SOM intellectuals perhaps? God help us.
>
>
> Platt,
>
> The idea of the free market is a myth, a cruel joke. What we have
> now is a 'let's pretend' free market; it is used to deflect every
> effort to have a caring fair market. Maybe by opening up to an
> intelligent consideration of the seventh-generation, something better
> can be developed. Your either/or dichotomy is nonsense.
>
>
> Marsha
Marsha,
What is "the seventh generation?"
Platt
Platt,
I've used the phrase before, but I cannot find its origin. I'm quite
sure it had something to do with how a particular Native-American
people made decisions which included considering how the outcome
might effect the 7th-generation of the future. Of course, no one can
truly predict the future, but it should at least be considered, and
seems a more intelligent process than responding to the highs and
lows of yesterday's market statistics.
Marsha
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