Our culture is structured on competition.
We debate rather than dialogue. Winning is number one and reasoning together is for the “girly man”. Training youngsters to be good soldiers is more important than educating them to become Critical Thinking citizens. In fact our concept of reasoning seldom examines the aspect of consciously seeking harmony. Speaking of harmony, we rap or roll rather than snuggle in poetic symphony.
I suspect the competitive mode of being is very important for our survival. However, I think that this competitive mode will make it difficult for our civilization to survive another two hundred years.
When we couple this strong competitive mode with a strong technological expertise and a weak communicative rationality we are flirting with Armageddon.
Obama and Clinton will dialogue together in search of a means to continue their struggle without destroying the winner’s opportunity to win the finals against McCann.
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