[MD] Social Intellectual

[Andy Skelton]

Craig wrote:
> 1) would a free culture that supports the dominance of intellectual
> values over social values be superior to an authoritarian culture
> that supports the dominance of intellectual values over social values &

I assume by "superior" you mean greater moral value, more Dynamic,
better at persisting against adverse forces.

What do you mean by "authoritarian"? To me, that word means somebody
is mandating adherence to static values by enforcing compliance with
some set of static codes. Absolute freedom would be the absence of
said enforcement.

So we have two cultures: both have static codes but one has more, or
enforces more, and therefore is more authoritarian than the other.
Whether those codes are based on static social values or static
intellectual values is determined, by definition I believe, by which
values are more Dynamic. Let's just hold them constant for the time
being. So both cultures have identical codes, but differing levels of
enforcement. Now we have isolated the variable from the controls so we
can answer the question.

The authoritarian culture will be superior to the free culture to the
degree that the static values being enforced are similar to
appropriate Dynamic values in the circumstances confronted by the
culture.

The free culture will be superior to the authoritarian culture to the
degree that the static values not being enforced are dissimilar to
appropriate Dynamic values.

The faster the circumstances diverge from the circumstances in which
values were set in stone, the faster any static values will diverge
from Dynamic Quality, and the less value there is in enforcing the
static values.

In times like these, things are changing so fast that I believe
relatively freer cultures will prove superior to relatively more
authoritarian cultures.

> 2) would a free a culture be more likely than an authoritarian culture
> to support the dominance of intellectual values over social values.

A free culture would be no more supportive of either. It would permit
either to enter the contest.

Andy