tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post7459690894703511763..comments2024-03-13T04:57:22.459-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Morphogenesis and social normsDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-4119285280044389492017-08-13T00:52:23.146-04:002017-08-13T00:52:23.146-04:00The treatment of 'norms' and 'normativ...The treatment of 'norms' and 'normative' behavior seems overly complicated here, giving rise to ever more jargon. I like how these writers torture traditional manners of expression, even grammatically, to the point of seeming almost alien in scope and qualification. I tend to think that simpler principles and terms would clarify much of this verbal deluge, making it easier to speak meaningfully about the Levers that drive Agency, whether in Private or Public Experience, sharing in what is Human as much as any hummingbird shares in what is bird-like. We're really NOT this complicated, if taken in the fuller view of Life Terrestrial on Earth. Look around. Social AND Competitive and Intellectually, Sensually hungry, mostly All the Time. Now. Are we clever enough to keep from killing ourselves off with greedy ambition taken to extreme; or can we cooperate in a the generous hope and future sustainability for All Terrestrial Life? In it to save and preserve it; or in it to win it thence use it all up? Values. Objective/Subjective etc. Cheers*Durandushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11179725794883883699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-28596435559332256872017-07-21T01:59:04.405-04:002017-07-21T01:59:04.405-04:00To Anonymous,
I think he writes mainly for himsel...To Anonymous,<br /><br />I think he writes mainly for himself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983054773292773321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-21629131516027524612017-07-05T13:14:21.137-04:002017-07-05T13:14:21.137-04:00I will be a bother again, I do so want to read and...I will be a bother again, I do so want to read and understand these essays but the jargon is just overwhelming. I just finished reading and deeply appreciating:<br /><br />https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/einstein/works/1910s/relative/relativity.pdf<br /><br />December, 1916<br /><br />Relativity: The Special and General Theory<br />By Albert Einstein<br /><br />but this sort of jargon-filled writing is becoming too difficult for me. Even when I finish a careful reading, I quickly forget any salient points. I remember Einstein but not this essay. I am no philosopher, but I am a superb reader and respected academic and wish you would write for a person as interested as I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com