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joe baby wrote:
Okay, a few questions, if I may:
1 - Why "Charter"? Where does the chartering come in?
We have many "charters" already - for human rights etc.It s a way of
clarifying, of classifying. This charter seeks - literally - to chart
the prime targets human beings might expect to attain in the years
ahead. It s a quantification of realisable and desirable achievement
for the creature that we are.
Realisable? You are joking, of course?
Might it not be more true to say that any effort to impose your view
would actually bring increased disagreement with all that would lead
to?
Every movement involves struggle. Resistence is inevitable. Does that
mean we just "give up"?
4 - Why do we need to imagine this future before we will ever possess
it?
Because, as observed above, lack of vision in itself hinders advance.
To be aware of the targets mentioned here and to be aware of a human
role in the cosmos must, I believe, broaden the mind, must lessen the
influence of particular local and historical anomalies, must ease the
path of those men and women who seek to move us forward. Equally, the
possession of such a charter - as with any charter - must impart
direction and purpose to our efforts.
I, for one, don t agree already! So what chance do you have with 7
billion others?
What a bizarre question. So...because YOU don't agree I'm doomed to
failure. I'm trembling....
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