[MD] Know-how - an aside

[MarshaV]

On May 18, 2010, at 5:13 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [Marsha]
> Passive?  If you think changing perspective is easy, good for you.  How did it
> happen for you? 
> 
> [Arlo]
> ?? I meant that the relationship between individual/collective is not passive;
> i.e. the community changes alongside the individual.

Marsha
Agree :-)  


> [Marsha]
> Oh right, and that approach has been working soooo well in the West... 
> 
> [Arlo]
> I don't know how it can work any other way. I don't think I want to live in a
> world where one person, or all people, can change the community at whim. But
> this just the static/dynamic barrier on the social level. I think we may agree
> that at times historically (now?) static filters become too cemented, but I
> think we need them. Balance. 

Marsha:
Any relationship between one person and all people is a relationship of patterns.  
I can skip the balance, and wish for a massive awakening from 'things (truths) are 
absolute' to 'patterns (truths) are relative'.  That would be fine by me.  




 
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