Is the modern West in decline? is the culture corrupt? Are we lost and in despair? — CountVictorClimacusIII
Is the modern West in decline? is the culture corrupt? Are we lost and in despair? — CountVictorClimacusIII
I'd like to stir discussion on whether you think we are in decline, or in despair as modern individuals living in our times? — CountVictorClimacusIII
Quite possibly, we will be speaking Mandarin and eating stir-fried bats in the near future. — Apollodorus
They don't actually eat bats. The vector was supposedly some animal that was bitten by a bat. Maybe a scientist. — frank
I suspect populations will noticeably shrink over the next decades , which is a good thing — Joshs
Colonization by China is another possibility if Western economies decline. — Apollodorus
I’m talking g about the paradoxical , contentious proposition of an increasingly roboticized and thriving economy run by progressively fewer people. — Joshs
It was supposed to be a joke. But we might be eating scientists instead, who knows? — Apollodorus
from reading Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Sartre and exploring ideas from Camus, then relating these to the current cultural climate in the West, I'd like to stir discussion on whether you think we are in decline, or in despair as modern individuals living in our times? — CountVictorClimacusIII
I'll put my money on those who read the paper. — Banno
I often wonder if we are in the decline phase. — CountVictorClimacusIII
Well, Aliens, apparently — CountVictorClimacusIII
For a minority of high school graduates, the function of high school is college prep, and for this minority of students who go on to professional work, the culture of education, and their lives later on is excellent. — Bitter Crank
Those who like classical music are alive at a time of abundant high quality live and recorded performances. This area of culture is better off now (IMHO) than at any time in the last 100 years. Bookstore (local or Amazon/Barnes & Noble, etc.) now have more high quality science fiction than ever before. They also have a lot more schlock. I find too many interesting historical and sociological studies to read should I live another 25 years (I'm 75 now). The INTERNET makes a huge amount of interesting and at least very good quality material available that would once have been very inconvenient to access. That's a cultural improvement. — Bitter Crank
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