Durant wrote:
> Capitalism cannot function without growth, if the rate of profit
> decreases - and it does anyway - capitalism is in crisis.
> What's wrong with having a distribution that allows everyone to
> live freely and in dignity, rather than under an economic bridle.
As traditionally defined, you're correct. Herman Daly & many others have
written about "steady state" economies which don't eliminate capital. Great
source:
http://csf.colorado.edu/sustainable-economics/daly/
Re distribution scheme, nothing wrong in theory; but scarcity causes
competition, and scarcity(per capita) increases every day.
> > I indicated that historical & literary lore was
> > based on group memories and passed on myths...cultural heritages. These
> > indicate *differences* based both on nature & nurture.
> So? Do these indications have necessarily a base in reality?
Yes. What other explanation can you posit?
> > > E.g. That wellknown fact of thousands years
> > > of history that women cannot think rationally?
> >
> > Strawwoman :-)
> >
>
> No, you used this "historical literature" as evidence.
of what?
> Even if it was true that jews tend towards intellectual stuff,
> it is not genetic, it is a historical conditioning.
> They were not allowed to own land in lots of countries,
> they had to learn trades, they
> had to learn, so ambitious learning is in family history.
nature/nurture mix most believable IMO (natural selection & adaptive
fitness)
(Guyer)
> > recognition of the fact that all living organisms are self-steering
within
> > certain limits, and that their **behaviour therefore can be steered
from the
> > outside only to a very moderate extent.**
E.D.:
> Social environment is more important feature in the development
> of human behaviour than for animals.
That makes sense; (undomesticated)animals maybe 95% nature, 5% nurture
(GUESS ONLY)
Humans (since pre-history) ??? more % nurture than other animals is a good
bet.
> I cannot see any
> of your cybernetic thingies giving evidence to the contrary.
I had little doubt about that. BTW, not my theories, but good theories IMO.
Please forgive me if I don't respond to further posts for a while.
Steve
