Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 14:36:46 08/29/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 13:58:11, Derrick Daniels wrote: > >With all the talent and intelligence here, shouldn't we be devoting our time to >solving the problems of HUMANITY? I don't know about anyonelse but everytime i >come here I feel like I am wasting precious time, although I enjoy it >considerably. I used to feel this way about some fields of human endeavor, but now I don't. Time and money spent on culture will always weigh against time and money spent fullfilling basic needs. For the foreseeable future, we're going to have big problems. Maybe at some point the big problems would be solved, but I'm not holding my breath. In the mean time, society will roll along, and it it will be possible to pay money to listen to the symphony, unless society completely caves in, and perhaps even then. If society cancelled the symphony until everyone was fed, maybe feeding people would be a higher priority, but society doesn't seem to work like this. Society will find resources for cultural stuff even if everyone is reduced to eating rats. I contribute to society to an extent that I feel comfortable with. Beyond that, my time is my own, and anyone who tries to divert me away from things that I want to do, is going to get a negative reaction. If you are looking for a way to pay your obligations to society, you may wish to run for moderator, since elections are coming up soon. bruce
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