When we have to make do.

This is the seventh in a series of posts reflec­ting on the gene­ral decline of civi­li­ty. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

We were tal­king about over­po­pu­la­tion and the first ques­tion that should have come to my parents’ minds when they thought about having chil­dren should not have been eco­lo­gi­cal or eco­no­mic, but socio­lo­gi­cal. I say “should have” because we know very well that these kinds of ques­tions usual­ly come after the fact and are just a thin­king exer­cise that leads now­here. If we won­der about the control of the rights and free­doms of indi­vi­duals at the present time, let’s ima­gine the com­plexi­ty of psy­cho­lo­gi­cal­ly accep­ting mea­sures simi­lar to those in Chi­na over the last 3 decades.

The ques­tion should the­re­fore have been, “Will my chil­dren have a mea­ning­ful role to play?” What does that mean? As we have men­tio­ned in pre­vious posts, each indi­vi­dual has a role to play in their com­mu­ni­ty. It is pos­sible to create seve­ral com­mu­ni­ties, but they will remain limi­ted in crea­ting a sur­plus. Cities have made the accu­mu­la­tion of resources pos­sible, crea­ting func­tions to manage these sur­pluses and using these sur­pluses to create new defi­ni­tions of com­fort under the label of the new and the modern. This is how we find our­selves com­pac­ted on top of each other and where civi­li­ty becomes an essen­tial mode­ra­tor of our impulses.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on May 12, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny