[MD] Social Imposition ?

[David M]

Ian

I meant:

>> Thing is with society: the key thing is what
>> sort of society we want to make, so it is about the
>> possible rather than the necessary or even probable.

So we need to understand the possible, and which of
our possibilities we want to help emerge into the actual

David M

>>
> 
> Sorry David but I'm not sure I agree. Surely in getting better
> understanding of probablistic nature (I've re-read Prigogine BTW) we
> do need to be thinking about the sort of society "we want to make" too
> ?
> 
> Maybe not directly controlled or socially engineered to specific ends,
> but surely the point is to establish the optimum conditions (in
> near-future society and culture) to optimise longer term futures of
> society too ? By establishing optimum (highest quality) methods of
> education and governance and the like.
> 
> You're not suggesting that we're striving for better understanding of
> the world in order to do nothing are you ? To fiddle whilst Rome
> burns.
> 
> Ian
> moq_discuss mailing list
> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.
> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org
> Archives:
> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/
> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
>