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As someone that has lived in 4 countries, gone through 2 nationalities, 3 languages and 3 professional careers, I strongly disagree. I suspect your "sense of b

As someone that has lived in 4 countries, gone through 2 nationalities, 3 languages and 3 professional careers, I strongly disagree. I suspect your "sense of belonging" is just lazy accommodation or fear of change. Culture, social or personal, can't evolve without changing. You don't become a better person if you don't change your habits, rituals and your deep rooted mental frameworks. True, a mind too open doesn't hold nothing of value. But a closed mind is stale, stagnant. And, in a world that changes faster each year, stagnation is danger, it is not safe. I suggest you to embrace change with all its dangers and opportunities.

simonsarris 7y ago
I am somewhat baffled. > You don't become a better person if you don't change your habits, rituals and your deep rooted mental frameworks. You think, say, monks or rabbis are worse persons, then? Certainly to you they are stale, as you say? What about Homer, whose rituals you may imagine never changed in his lifetime. Was he a worse person, and lazier, than someone modern, who changes them often?
- diego_moita 7y ago
  > You think, say, monks or rabbis are worse persons, then? I don't know any rabbi, only catholic monks. These monks I met are lovely people, in a moral sense. In an intellectual or cultural level not so much. The world and culture has become much bigger than their ancient readings. However, I suspect their character and good nature is not so much a result of their "belonging". After all they "belong" to the same Catholic church that was, for so long, a shelter for pedophiles. > What about Homer, whose rituals you may imagine never changed in his lifetime. With all respect for Homer and classic Greek culture I need to stress that the pace of change today is much more accelerated than in ancient cultures. Classic Greek culture is indeed the foundation of all western culture and certainly deserves to be studied by anyone seeking enlightment. But the logic, political philosophy and worldview we have today is an huge improvement over them. Every year are adding much more to our knowledge than within Homer's lifetime.

simonsarris 7y ago

I am somewhat baffled. > You don't become a better person if you don't change your habits, rituals and your deep rooted mental frameworks. You think, say, monks or rabbis are worse persons, then? Certainly to you they are stale, as you say? What about Homer, whose rituals you may imagine never changed in his lifetime. Was he a worse person, and lazier, than someone modern, who changes them often?

diego_moita 7y ago
> You think, say, monks or rabbis are worse persons, then? I don't know any rabbi, only catholic monks. These monks I met are lovely people, in a moral sense. In an intellectual or cultural level not so much. The world and culture has become much bigger than their ancient readings. However, I suspect their character and good nature is not so much a result of their "belonging". After all they "belong" to the same Catholic church that was, for so long, a shelter for pedophiles. > What about Homer, whose rituals you may imagine never changed in his lifetime. With all respect for Homer and classic Greek culture I need to stress that the pace of change today is much more accelerated than in ancient cultures. Classic Greek culture is indeed the foundation of all western culture and certainly deserves to be studied by anyone seeking enlightment. But the logic, political philosophy and worldview we have today is an huge improvement over them. Every year are adding much more to our knowledge than within Homer's lifetime.