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On 31 Aug 2003 at 18:30, Katz Global Media wrote:
> > > The peak of civilisation has always tended to move in
> > > Westward direction. From Babylon and Egypt it went to
> > > Greece. From ancient Greece it went to Rome... From
> > > Europe it moved to the USA. Now it will move on to Asia.
I actually think that an empty stomach and the mere fight for survival
does in no way foster civilization, culture or intelligent thought beyond
creative ideas to get food on the table and to kill others that threaten
the sparse food supply by being hungry themselves as well.
Once borders are secu
I believe it was a theory put forth by Timothy Leary or someone around in the mind
expansion movement, possibly Buckmindster Fuller.
The statement you two make is very close to what they were saying, but instead of it
moving to Asia or dying out, the idea was that
growth would lift from the wes
On 30 Aug 2003, at 15:35, Danny Van den Berghe wrote:
> The peak of civilisation has always tended to move in Westward
> direction. From Babylon and Egypt it went to Greece. From ancient
> Greece it went to Rome... From Europe it moved to the USA. Now it
> will move on to Asia.
Civilization is r