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Pretty much the entirety of the modern world is built on the accumulation of ideas and knowledge acquired over thousands of years. Unless you are a hunter gathe
by ceilingcorner 5y ago
Pretty much the entirety of the modern world is built on the accumulation of ideas and knowledge acquired over thousands of years. Unless you are a hunter gatherer, you have a direct relationship to the long dead.
- riversflow 5y agoOh I agree 100%, I'm fully of the belief that we stand on the shoulders of giants, and that Social contract theory has merit; we owe society for the world we are born into. But owing society isn't the same as owing respect to individuals. We can't be burdened by the wishes of those long dead, they no longer exist and as a society we have to move on.