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develop or rediscover a culture that views people as possessing inherent dignity, reason, empathy and individual freedom instead of promoting a commercial cultu
by Barrin92 2mo ago
develop or rediscover a culture that views people as possessing inherent dignity, reason, empathy and individual freedom instead of promoting a commercial culture whose logical terminus are the Wall-E people.[1]
Practical first step would be to return to Humboldt's model of education[2] and to not devalue to arts and humanities at every opportunity.
[1] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yw7WAq_GZY8/hqdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yw7WAq_GZY8/hqdefault.jpg
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldtian_model_of_higher_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldtian_model_of_higher_ed...
- ElProlactin 2mo ago> develop or rediscover a culture that views people as possessing inherent dignity, reason, empathy and individual freedom But you don't have to wait for the entire world to change for you to treat the people around you this way.
- flaburgan 2mo agoAnd thankfully millions of people are already doing it. But the good of small actions from normal people is in the balance with the evil of terrible actions from powerful people, the last example being the current president of the US.