[extropy-chat] FWD [fantasticreality] Nice Summary of Problems of the self-denoted "Cultural Elites"

[Anna Taylor]

Anna:)
What are the first 2 warnings and then the first?

MB wrote:
Below?

MB wrote:
our asshole neighbors?

Anna questions?
What exactly does that explain?
Empathy realizes the objectivity of understanding and
negotiations.

I don't see how the words empathy and asshole could make
a really good equation?

Just Curious.
Anna:)



On 7/20/06, MB <mbb386 at main.nc.us> wrote:
> I also have asshole neighbors and I prefer many of my online friends. :) The
> danger
> lies in taking things to an extreme, which you also warn about in your post.
>
> I've not read the book on Elites referenced in the original post, only the
> summarizing post, so I cannot speak to it directly. But I have read The Bell
> Curve
> and wanted to mention that now I see two warnings where I had before seen
> one.
>
> Regards,
> MB
>
> > Is the author saying that I should feel more empathy for my asshole
> > neighbor upstairs than for my friends on this list, just because we
> > live close?
> > Come on, I consider decoupling relationships from geography as one of
> > the great achievements of our time. Sure everything has a downside but
> > let's not throw the baby with the water.
> > G.
> >
> > On 7/20/06, MB <mbb386 at main.nc.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> Much of this commentary mirrors well the conclusions reached in "The Bell
> Curve".
> >> The last few chapters of that book were serious questions about the
> direction our
> >> country was going, and questioned how to avoid what is described below.
> >>
>
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