[MD] Hippie Values

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Mike Craghead <mike at humboldtmusic.com>:

> Platt:
> "Makes me wonder what the hippies had that is worth of resurrecting today."
> 
> Mike:
> ...Being open to change is a rare and valuable trait, as long as it's evolving
> toward higher quality. Keeping the good static stuff and being willing to let go
> of other static stuff if it can be improved. That's quite worthy of resurrection
> if you ask me.
> 
> I'm sure there were just as many immoral hippies as moral ones. But I assume that
> "moral crowd" refers to the "ideal" version of the lifestyle, which places "real"
> morality above all else. It's how you treat each other, it's generosity,
> compassion, and a long list of other admirable ideals.

It's those list of ideals I wonder about. For example, is respecting one's privacy
included? What about encouraging personal responsibility? 

> The problem shows up when too many static patterns are discarded in favor of
> dynamic quality as change for it's own sake; if you give up too many static
> patterns, suddenly you're in an all-around low-quality existence. You may be free,
> but you're also homeless; Kum Ba Yah.

Complete agreement.

Platt


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