[MD] The MoQ.org STRANGLES Creativity

[David]

Guess I should say hi to the group as this is my first post.  I have been
reading the discussions for about a week and certainly enjoyed the debates. 

[Platt]
>Platt said to Ham:  "Gee Ham, if you aren't
> convinced that you are better off today than the
> caveman there's nothing I can say that will change
> your mind. I mean aren't you glad you live in the 21st
> century and not the 10,000 B.C.?"
> 
>Platt you really don't know if they had it better
> or we have it better or an Amazonian villager,
> presently, has it better than U.S. culture or not. 

Try having an operation without anesthesia.


[David]
Good hard hitting point.  I don't think anyone would deny having your leg
sawed into while being wide awake would be an experience of low quality,
just like Pirsig's remarks on the hot stove.  But then would this type of
thing be the daily experience of someone in a more primitive society?  I
think you have to look at the different levels of quality and compare them
for modern and primitive man.  Perhaps the classic koan applies to this
situation also:

Master Joshu, Does modern life have more quality then primitive life?
"MU".