[ExI] Yet another health care debate
spike
spike66 at att.net
Thu Sep 25 14:27:34 UTC 2008
> ...On Behalf Of Jef Allbright
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Yet another health care debate
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:41 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>
> > So long as it isn't overwhelming, we can keep some fear and
> want, and
> > still have a really good society that moves forward and
> develops lotsa
> > cool new stuff.
>
> It's surprising to me that on this list it's still unsettled
> that while gradients are essential to the ratcheting forward
> of "progress", fear and want (and other impairments for the
> sake of simple contrast) are not.
>
> - Jef
Ja. Keep in mind, fear and want aint what they used to be. Fear pf
starvation shouldn't be a part of it, nor homelessness. But we can have
fear of a hand-me-down Intel 386, and want of a Sony LCD screen, that sorta
thing. That would keep us rising and going to the office. Hey, works on
me. {8^D
spike
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