Craig, I know that Cobb and some others may consider these guys lacking on a seemingly objective scale. I doubt the second brother was an epigeneticist (btw, you must show me how to do those cool links)as discussed at http://www.dnafiles.org/programs or that he was going to illuminate the structure of purines and pyrimidines the way my organic chemistry teacher did in undergrad. And I can tell you from my experience of dissecting a human cadaver that there are no distinct anatomic strucures that correspond exactly to all the chakras.But these guys do maintain a tradition of establishing an intellectual architecture for us by us. I like fat, complex books. In fact, one reason I'm drawn to you and E.C. Hopkins is that you invariably throw up a term or concept that I've never heard of and I have to refer to a dictionary or wikipedia.
However, that can be quite intimidating and off putting for many. Recently, you noted the role of guilds and tools of exclusion during a discussion between Dr. Spence and Hopkins on the utility and merit of Ph.D programs. Based on one of your earlier citations, I recently read Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. I was surprised to learn that what I considered unbiased markers of an educated mind are very much related to pecuniary strength.Aside from standing on a picket line with my mom and other workers fom Local 1199 during a strike, one of my great inspirations was walking down Jamaica Ave in Queens and listening to Five Percenters brothers from NOI as they extolled their views. What these guys said was that I could be just like them and use my mind to make conscious choices and that I didn't have to be driven by subcortical urges. They also told me that I could develop a psychic framework which left me feeling empowered and acknowledged the unique contributions of my forebears rather than feeling like a minor vestige.
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If Submariner weren't already so busy doing very, very important work, I'd probably start a campaign to try to persuade him to launch his own blog. I learn something valuable from him just about every week.
He would probably prefer to have an image of Prince Namor represent him rather than the Rolex though. :)
I like this guy.
That is all.
"I recently read Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. I was surprised to learn that what I considered unbiased markers of an educated mind are very much related to pecuniary strength."
Veblen was also a member of the Technical Alliance.
That is the group that did the research over a 13 year period that later became Technocracy Incorporated.
Veblen 'coined' the term 'conspicuous consumption'.
Technocracy offers the only REAL alternative to the present system.
Real as in viable.
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