tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post1144484851423560631..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Social Inventions and ProgressRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-7832080459220014322006-12-10T20:50:00.000-08:002006-12-10T20:50:00.000-08:00Ouch! There you go making sense again. It does see...Ouch! There you go making sense again. It does seem as though we lurch from crisis to crisis as a catalyst for policy change. One more reason to opt for intrinsic rather than extrinsic motivation, I guess, but meanwhile it doesn't bode particularly well for us, does it?Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-76622709448046828532006-12-03T18:44:00.000-08:002006-12-03T18:44:00.000-08:00It took an unbearable church to drive Martin Luthe...It took an unbearable church to drive Martin Luther toward creating his own church.<br /><br />It took an unbearable foreign ruler to drive Thomas Jefferson toward inventing democracy.<br /><br />Will we be required to face unbearable situations before we invent new structures to address the worldwide issues you mentioned?<br /><br />My guess is "yes". The old structures don't yield easily.Life Hikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183254858386081439noreply@blogger.com