necesity of mental memes

From: Steve Drew (srdrew_1@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 21:22:50 GMT

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    >On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 08:29 , Lawrence DeBivort wrote:
    >
    > >Can you say a bit more about what you mean by 'tribalism' and its
    > >dangers?
    > >Might it be possible to create a sense of a species-wide tribe? And
    > >would
    > >this be at all helpful or harmful?
    >
    >Well, I'll pull out the flowers, and say, well, I was thinking pretty
    >simply like a hippy. Us vs Them-ism. Tribalism.
    >
    >Might it be possible to have a global village, all of us Us, none of us
    >Them?
    >
    >It would be helpful, were it possible.
    >
    >But, my cynicism kicks in overtime, and sees no possibility.
    >
    >I want to be wrong.
    >
    >- - Wade
    >
    The possibility is always there Wade, it just tends to be too difficult for
    most people to do. This doen't mean we should stop trying.

    The other way to establish a global villiage was covered by Joe Haldeman in
    'the Forever War" and Robert Hienlien in "Starship Troopers" (Not the crap
    film) - find some aliens to hate. Or is that even more cynical?

    steve

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