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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: Culture Culture
« Reply #285 on: May 06, 2022, 01:17:41 pm »

1. I'm hopeful because despite the angry fringe online and on TV when I talk to most people in the real world they seem pretty reasonable about everything.  Angertainment gets the retweets and ratings, being uncontroversial doesn't.

2. I'm not religious but I believe in the simple beauty of the universe.  I also believe people are like celestial beings with the power to emit light into the universe like a star does, or suck all the light from their surroundings like a black hole.  Which one we choose to be is always up to us, and the light always wins out because it's life affirming and life creating.  Much harder to create a newborn through hate, and it won't survive long if not cared for.  Evolutionary psychology.  Love and creation are the building blocks of the natural world.

3. Hope your family is doing well Michael :).  Maybe we should all spend more time with ours instead of worrying and arguing about all this nonsense so much lol.

1. I LOVE this both because it is optimistic and it's the first recorded instance of someone using the Hardner term 'Angertainment'
2. The world IS getting better, there's no doubt.  The internet gave everyone a megaphone to complain, which is why things seem worse.
3. We actually argue to make the world better for people.  The family is ok but my god it's hard having young kids.  I can't believe  people do this.  It's supposed to get better in a few years I understand.