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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM, S. Massy  wrote:
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> I don't think this is necessarily about "young" vs. "mature" thinking; I

> think this has more to do with being a rational thinker vs. being a

> dreamer (not an anarchist, necessarily). I believe a society or

> community needs both in order to evolve in a meaningful direction.

>

i mostly agree .... but ... its very easy when you're young to find the

energy to drive changes forward, to come up with (what seem like) new

ideas. the problem is that its much harder when you're young to be aware

when your new ideas are actually old ideas that didn't work, or when the

changes you propose will have subtle side effects that negate the benefits

you were imagining. by the time you gain this perspective, for the most

part, the energy has diminished and the apparently new ideas are in short

supply.
its clearly necessary to inject new energy into the system. the ongoing

dilemma of any organized society is how to harness the wellsprings of new

ideas with the wisdom of experience to create (cultural) changes that

actually improve things over some time scale. its a very hard problem. we

don't want the irrational exhuberance of the visionary to dominate over the

insight of the rationalist, but we also don't want the cynicism and

momentum/inertia of the rationalist to inhibit the visionaries.
put differently, its moog versus buchla, but we want urs heckman to win :)
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM, S. Mass=

y <lists@wolfdream.ca> wrote:
I don't think this is necessarily about "young" v=

s. "mature" thinking; I

think this has more to do with being a rational thinker vs. being a

dreamer (not an anarchist, necessarily). I believe a society or

community needs both in order to evolve in a meaningful direction.i mostly agree .... but ... its very easy when you're =

young to find the energy to drive changes forward, to come up with (what se=

em like) new ideas. the problem is that its much harder when you're you=

ng to be aware when your new ideas are actually old ideas that didn't w=

ork, or when the changes you propose will have subtle side effects that neg=

ate the benefits you were imagining. by the time you gain this perspective,=

 for the most part, the energy has diminished and the apparently new ideas =

are in short supply.

its clearly necessary to inject new energy into the system. the ongoing=

 dilemma of any organized society is how to harness the wellsprings of new =

ideas with the wisdom of experience to create (cultural) changes that actua=

lly improve things over some time scale. its a very hard problem. we don&#3=

9;t want the irrational exhuberance of the visionary to dominate over the i=

nsight of the rationalist, but we also don't want the cynicism and mome=

ntum/inertia of the rationalist to inhibit the visionaries.

put differently, its moog versus buchla, but we want urs heckman to win=

 :)
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