Aurelius to [email protected] • 1 year agoWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?message-square224arrow-up1129arrow-down14
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?Aurelius to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square224
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-5•1 year agoThe enlightenment is overrated. History is driven by contestst of groups not contests of ideas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoAnd people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-6•1 year agoPeople are governed/motivated by self-interest.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoSo you don’t have ideas in your head about the world that affect how you interact with the world? Might be true for you, but I would say it’s not an universal experience. Also I don’t say it’s juts ideas but ideas are part of our psychology.
The enlightenment is overrated. History is driven by contestst of groups not contests of ideas.
And people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
People are governed/motivated by self-interest.
That statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.
So you don’t have ideas in your head about the world that affect how you interact with the world? Might be true for you, but I would say it’s not an universal experience. Also I don’t say it’s juts ideas but ideas are part of our psychology.