[MD] The relativity of the MoQ

[John Carl]

There was an article of
interest<http://www.wired.com/culture/education/magazine/17-09/st_essay>on
this subject, which came in my new Wired Magazine today (thank lu for
renewing).  Seems they had a symposium on how to change high schools to
value geek culture rather than despise it.  One quote that stuck out my mind
was that the culture of high school was too important to leave it in the
hands of kids.
Oops.  But what about the stifling of the  dynamic hip hop evolution of
fashionable urban culture?  How repressive!   Just like Hitler, no doubt.

John

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:57 PM, <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> [Ron]
> > Is a culture that values intellectual quality  vs. one that does
> > not, truly superior even if that cultures intellectual level
> > destroys and undercuts it's social level?
> > Is a intellectually destructive society superior to
> > a socially oppressive society?
>
>
>
>
>
> Consider the following societies:
>
> 1) The society has little interest in  intellectual endeavors but the
> society
>
> functions the way the citizens want .
> 2) The society values the intellectual so much it forces citizens to work
> on intellectual endeavors.
>
> 3) The society  values the intellectual so much it holds it sacred &
> prohibits
> citizens from intellectual endeavors.
> 4) The society values the intellectual so much that social institutions &
> provision of basic biological necessities do not function as the citizens
> want.
>
> Since I don't think "the ends justify the means", I consider society 1)
> most moral.
> Craig
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