Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA21770 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 2 May 2002 06:26:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20020502052134.31580.qmail@web10104.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 22:21:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Trupeljak Ozren <ozren_trupeljak@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Saving the ethnosphere To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <B8F5778F.115CD%bbenzon@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
--- William Benzon <bbenzon@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, you probably are biased. And I suspect that others in the
> conversation
> are biased by a belief that their culture and language will survive,
> even be at the top of the heap.
>
Yep. :)
The general argument is: this culture worked quite nicely before, so
obviously it is going to work fine in the future, too, right?
Unfortunately, this is not really true at all....
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There are very few men - and they are exceptions - who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment.
Carl von Clausewitz
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