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

Jeff Davis jrd1415 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 23 18:29:03 UTC 2006


>From Lasch's screed note these two bits.

>These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to
>accept limits or ties to any nation or place. Lasch contends that as
>they isolate themselves in their networks and enclaves,
...

>The elites, having jettisoned the moral and ethical guidelines
>provided by religion, cling to the belief that through various
>sciences they can master their fates and escape mortal limits.
>
>In pursuit of this illusion...

Why am I thinking that he's just another one of those faith-based
luddite panderers looking to cash in on the Limbaugh/Falwell/Fukuyama
circuit.

No doubt he'll sell a few books, but he won't stop the tech juggernaut.

Resistance is futile.

Am I the only one who LIKES the borg?

-- 
Best, Jeff Davis

               "Everything's hard till you
                     know how to do it."
                              Ray Charles



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