[MD] Short Wings are Better

Jan Anders Andersson jananderses at telia.com
Fri Feb 9 03:04:19 PST 2018


Hi all
Anyone interested in MOQ and politics should take a thorough look at "With God on Our Side” by Karen Armstrong. It gives you a good understanding of how human politic thinking have evolved since Babylon till today. Many references to the four levels of MOQ.

Jan-Anders Andersson



> 9 feb 2018 x kl. 09:46 skrev John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com>:
> 
> Dan Glover said:
> 
> I'm not much into politics. The wheel turns. Now is the time for
> stupid people to rule. That'll pass as it always does. If you accept
> the basic tenet of the MOQ, that quality and morality are identical,
> then you might also see how what's better is driving evolution on all
> four levels. And what's better doesn't necessarily mean intellect
> always rules.
> 
> 
> jc:  Thanks Dan.  That helps.  It helps a lot.
> 
> It helps me, at least.
> 
> Dan:
> 
> I read this article about how birds what live along
> roadways are evolving shorter wingspans. That doesn't presuppose as
> some would have it an intelligent being overseeing such happenings nor
> is it a matter of chance. Rather, birds with long wingspans are unable
> to fly away quickly enough and are killed by cars thus unable to
> propagate. Short wings are better.
> 
> 
> jc:  The California Condor, for instance, is no longer actually viable.
> They survive, but only because interested humans intervene to breed them in
> captivity.
> 
> Out in the real world, they're hopeless.  Since they make their living on
> dying animals and the most common dying animals these days are creatures
> roadkilled by the  new millennium's need for speed, they are sitting ducks,
> tucking in for dinner, on two lane stretches with death looming in the
> headlights at 65 mph.
> 
> They need shorter wings.
> 
> Don't we all.
> 
> yours,
> 
> jc
> 
> Dan:
> 
> There are so many ah ha moments in life which we gloss over.
> 
> Especially  things that don't fit our preconceived notion of the
> world and our place in it.
> 
> If the MOQ teaches us anything, it should
> be to wake us up.
> 
> To be there.
> 
> To give our attention to what is right in
> front of us instead of forever planning for tomorrow.
> (edited a bit :)
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