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<blockquote data-quote="ski" data-source="post: 7953489" data-attributes="member: 2207"><p>Clive, what does a "progressive society' mean, progressing towards what?</p><p>It implies, and as your comment on going backward also implies a materialist's wet dream. The idea that progress toward more physical goods and services will inevitably lead to some nirvana or new utopia, is wrong as history demonstrates, the life well lived is not found in the balance sheet of assets accumulated and I am sure many have been to a funeral where the eulogy where you suddenly understand this. We need to go back and reacquaint ourselves what the conditions are that are required for people to flourish in. I think our and by implication your foundational philosophy is shaky, and this is what we have to look first in order to work out how we want policies to look. I am not optimistic though as we live so much in the moment there is no space for longer term thinking. This is your forum, for what its worth that is where I see its value. A mechanism for disseminating accumulated wisdom. </p><p></p><p>How was the past worse, you are not there, you can only make that judgment on todays fashions and fads, it is incredibly difficult to stand back and perhaps a tad arrogant to make such a sweeping generalisation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ski, post: 7953489, member: 2207"] Clive, what does a "progressive society' mean, progressing towards what? It implies, and as your comment on going backward also implies a materialist's wet dream. The idea that progress toward more physical goods and services will inevitably lead to some nirvana or new utopia, is wrong as history demonstrates, the life well lived is not found in the balance sheet of assets accumulated and I am sure many have been to a funeral where the eulogy where you suddenly understand this. We need to go back and reacquaint ourselves what the conditions are that are required for people to flourish in. I think our and by implication your foundational philosophy is shaky, and this is what we have to look first in order to work out how we want policies to look. I am not optimistic though as we live so much in the moment there is no space for longer term thinking. This is your forum, for what its worth that is where I see its value. A mechanism for disseminating accumulated wisdom. How was the past worse, you are not there, you can only make that judgment on todays fashions and fads, it is incredibly difficult to stand back and perhaps a tad arrogant to make such a sweeping generalisation. [/QUOTE]
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