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shraby

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12. Social progress comes through education..not just book learning, but real education.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 02:49 PM

Nov 2013

Learning how other people live, up front and personal...and the internet is as close as most of us will get to that experience. Communication between people of different cultures, backgrounds, economic status, etc. always serves to teach what does and what does not work for the improvement of people's lives.
Today we have communication beyond what anyone ever dreamed possible even 30 years ago. A lot of it will be wasted on trivial pursuits, but a good share of it will make a difference in personal lives and social progress in general. Not everything comes by leaps and bounds, but by putting one step in front of the other.

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Has the total net effect of i-tech (internet, etc.) been unifying or dis-unifying? [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2013 OP

Unifying. Now we can all argue aboiut the same things. rug Nov 2013 #1

Brings like-minded people together against others. n/t rucky Nov 2013 #2

Heh. Well put cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #4

If one thinks globally, it's clearly unifying. Perhaps that's why the PTB want to stifle it. Scuba Nov 2013 #3

The Internet is the new Wild West. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #5

Doesn't matter. Pandora is outta the box NoOneMan Nov 2013 #6

Neither... sendero Nov 2013 #7

It may be coincidental, but American society is clearly more fractured since the advent Romulox Nov 2013 #8

Disunifying. rrneck Nov 2013 #9

It's a learning experience par excellence. Some of which the ptb would rather we shraby Nov 2013 #10

Where are these effects? cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #11

Social progress comes through education..not just book learning, but real education. shraby Nov 2013 #12