Re: Comparison of philosophical languages
From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
Date: | Monday, January 20, 2003, 20:59 |
Padraic wrote:
> > Or we can guess the meaning from the context.
> > Television,
> > Internet, fast food chains, and globalization
> > may prevent idiosyncrasies.
>
>Nah. They just create more space for
>idiosyncrasies to happen in and more people to
>make them.
How does any of those create more people?
OK, earlier periods of globalizations has certainly increased populations by
spreading modern medicine etc, but the globalization we see today AFAICT
depresses population figures by spreading attitudes of individualism and
equalitarianism that discourages large numbers of children.
Andreas
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