[MD] seeing beyond the mirror (was: Heads or tails?)

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Kevin Perez <kjp_on_moq at yahoo.com>:

> Hello Platt,
>  
> >> Human relationships and interpersonal communication based solely on
> >> rationality aren't just dead they're...well, evil.
> >
> > Not to mention rational socialism.
>  
> Interesing point.  How could social structures (e.g., families, communities,
> towns, cities, states and nations) become better facilitators of human
> relationships and interpersonal communication?

The internet and the cellphone are examples of technical innovations facilitating
relationships and interpersonal communication. Offhand I can't think of any
"social structure" changes that might improve the situation other than the
spread of intellectual values such as democracy, free markets, trial by jury and
freedom of the speech and religion to countries currently bereft of such values.

Did you have something specific in mind?

Regards,
Platt 


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