[MD] Catching up to Pirsig

[Platt Holden]

Hey Ham, 

> Platt, would you please explain what "becoming better off" means in terms
> of 
> an evolving universe, and how (or if) it relates to morality in the
> "human" 
> sense of becoming better off.

I have probably missed the point of your questions since it seems obvious 
to me and probably to you that we as human beings currently living in the 
West are much better off than we were, say, in the Middle Ages or, going 
back even further, when we were painting symbols of antelope in the caves 
of Lascaux.  As for the obvious "better offness" of morality, we no longer 
live in a world where might makes right but in a world of laws protecting  
individual rights to be free of social (government) oppression -- rights 
that as you know are now being threatened by Obamamania. Unfortunately the 
path to betterness (individual liberty/personal responsibility) is never 
without reversals and setbacks such as we are witnessing today. 

Best regards,
Platt