[MD] Consciousness

[Krimel]

> Platt
> "A tribe can change its values only person by person and someone has to be
> first." (Lila, 9)
> 
> [Krimel]
> And someone has to go second. If only the first guy changes, the tribe
> never
> does.

[Platt]
Right, individual by individual, person by person, one by one. 

[Krimel]
The point is that humans do not now and have never existed as "individuals".
Individual thoughts and actions always and only take place in a social
context. No single individual creates or has created anything out over whole
cloth. We always act, invent, discover and create within a social context
that provides not just the raw material of our doing but gives it meaning
and significance.