Hi Arlo, This is key to my interest in Pirsig and the MoQ. Imperfect information gets worse the more of it we have, and the easy approach is to recognize only the simple objective stuff. The cultural S/O underpinnings as you say - if we're not sure who to trust we trust the (apparently) objective - and miss the quality stuff.
Local engagement is probably the only real antidote ... but can we really ignore the global machine ? Regards Ian On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > [Craig] > Corporations that pollute, are energy inefficient, cause trade imbalance, > etc. rely on our ignorance/tolerance. > > [Arlo] > Agree. I think you could make the argument that "tolerance" is largely due > to the S/O underpinnings of the culture, as discussed in ZMM. "Ignorance" is > another problem, one that is fueled by the sheer amount of information > overload in modern culture, the distrust of media, and the "blindness" that > the invisible hand must operate by when the vast majority of this > information is impossible to attain. When you have a handful of local > businesses, its easy to make informed decisions, when you have dozens of > international conglomerates pushing goods produced all over the place, it is > next to impossible. But then many are tolerant of their ignorance as well... > > > > 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/ > 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/
