05-27-2020, 10:45 AM
(05-26-2020, 11:34 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(05-26-2020, 10:21 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Well, maybe I'm stubborn, but this isn't a political or ideological issue. To the contrary, I've examined thousands of generational events going back thousands of years, and I haven't noticed any differences in the way that generational eras change in different ages.
I would go with stubborn.
Look at the fourth column in the properties of cultures of the era, the form of government. It goes from tribal chiefs, to a semi hereditary warrior / landowning class, to elected officials. If I’m guessing right, in the Information Age we will eventually when we solve the security problem go to direct vote network democracy so the representatives stop identifying with the elites...
I hope not! We have too few capable of understanding and addressing complex problems to assign that as another DIY Project for the People. We already have the white working class, one step above the poor, aligning with the elites, because those folks one step down need to stay there.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.