[extropy-chat] John C. Wright finds god

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Well, perhaps my mind is still in the twentieth
century. In one sense I'm a conservative, in that my
reference point is the past. 
Incidentally a post-modernist student told me culture
is a construct-- is that so?
 
> Clumping all of culture together reduces the ability
> of systems to adjust 
> to change.  There is no typical product of our
> culture because you are 
> including "our" into the concept, which means that
> you are including all 
> aspects of culture and the social, technological,
> environmental, economic 
> and political drivers and trends. Including all
> aspects would include, not 
> exclude, the trends that drive change, intentional
> or not, and set the 
> standard for cultural branding.  One very
> significant aspect of this 
> branding is how women are perceived.  Women are not
> perceived as dumb for 
> gain, whether it be sexual gain, professional gain,
> monetary gain, or 
> social gain.
> 
> Taking a 20th century neg-concept is of little value
> in our 
> culture.  Society is one thing, culture is another. 
> Society may want to 
> view women as dumb so that it can foster the vicious
> cycle of male 
> dominance, but culture does not see it that way. 
> Culture works as a 
> catalyst to make social changes, and one of the
> prime catalytic trends is 
> releasing women from the labels which are highly
> damaging.
> 
> Women are actively encouraged to be smart, get an
> education, reduce 
> pregnancies, and become self-reliance.  In the past
> 100 years, women have 
> made enormous strides to ride themselves, ourselves,
> of the chains of 
> slavery and suppression.
> 
> Our culture wants women to excel.
> 
> Natasha
> 
> 
> Natasha Vita-More
> http://www.natasha.cc
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