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Quoting Case <Case at iSpots.com>:

> [Platt]
> Like you, I agree with some of what Wilber says but not all, especially his
> pitch for planetary government. Whether Pirsig, Wilber, Hofstadter, Ham,
> Arlo, Dan or Case, my motto is, "Take what you want and leave the rest." For
> example, your pointing out that Wilber is a unrepentant SOMist is dead on.
> Also I'm sure you noted that, contrary to Pirsig, he has precious little to
> say about the role of morality in in his explication of the way the world
> works.
> 
> [Case]
> Yes, it is true we are all a bunch of cherry pickers, aren't we. But I am
> curious how you can look at those photos of Earth from space, that exquisite
> blue marble in the heavens, and not entertain the notion that we are all in
> the same boat?

I curious how you can look at the ineffectiveness of the U.N. and not entertain
the notion that a planetary government would be equally incompetent.



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