From: | Antonio Rossin <rossin(at)tin.it> |
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Date: | Wed, 13 May 2009 20:18:13 +0200 |
Subject: | Re: [WDDM] Strategy [Rossin] |
Good Morning, Dr. Rossin
I apologize for being slow to grasp the meaning of the Simpol and
flexible-learning links
you provided. I'm afraid my own mind was so absorbed with
contemplating an electoral
method that allows meaningful participation by all citizens that I
didn't make the jump to
teaching ourselves and our children to be open-minded.
Please, do not ask your pet academic authority for an educational method
re: "Please, do not consider any 'the Authority' being external
to the subject. Please consider that each subject - each
one of us - has a slot inside one's brain network waiting
for some whichever image or symbol or idea to pull into and
make it thereby become 'the Authority'."
This is the part I completely missed. I interpreted 'the Authority'
as being a governmental
authority rather than our own 'internal authority' that guides our acts.
Addressing our 'internal authority' for the purpose of making it more
flexible is a complex
task I've never considered. At first blush, it seems to me an
approach best undertaken by
academics from whom it can filter down to educators and, ultimately,
to the lay population.
It is a fundamental approach that, when successful, will benefitI think, dialectic discussion providing information helps bridging, in
society. However,
accomplishing it will be a serious challenge, made more difficult by
the misleading
deceptions of marketing, the manipulation of public attitudes by the
media, and the
focus on trivialities like sports and computer gaming that tend to
suppress thoughtful
reflection by individuals.
My own thoughts have been directed toward creating an electoral method
based on
participation, implemented in an environment that employs individual
judgment to select
the best of our number as our governmental representatives. It is my
opinion that
judgment, like any other quality, needs exercise to reach its full
potential. This leads
me to believe creating an electoral process that relies on people's
judgment will be
a self-improving process (as suggested by Dr. Alasdair Macintyre.)
Although I believe our views are complementary, the gap between them
may be difficult
to bridge. Is there, do you think, a way to meld them?
Fred Gohlke
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