Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 selective empathy I can understand but selective apathy? Apathy means lack of interest - to be selective means to have some level of interest. I see where you're coming from with this but I think that is an exaggeration to say selective apathy would be an oxymoron and that it's anything more than decisively choosing what you no longer care about at all. Selective can imply that you have interest but I don't think that interest is necessarily a cornerstone to the word selection. It's just a smart choice that could be void of human characteristics in this context I think. I could probably do better explaining my points but you get what I mean. lumpenprol - nah your empathy level is fine, after all, who else is going to care about the chinese hookers? LOL btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Just watched the video, the idea is kind of "well, duh!" I thought, but the animation is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 "well, duh!" maybe but... the competency in which Rifkin communicates his opinions on humanity is amazing to me. He is a good writer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 true, agreed. The main idea seems to be the connection between means of communication and empathy with others, which I 100% agree and you can see happening around us. The biological stuff seems a bit unnecessary to bring into it. The idea that we might find some untapped facet of the human animal at this point in time (short of actual gene manipulation) seems a bit forced. The whole empathy part actually sounds pretty Rousseau-ian. I think the bottom line is true though, the internet will be a significant component of helping us view humanity as one whole, along with the general worsening of our overall situation over time, and increases in our understanding of how the natural environment works (pollution and how to solve it). Will we ever get to the point where we can share energy like we share info on the internet? Hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 So again, basically the Brahmans had it right is what he's saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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