tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post1736516450972052989..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-651646446372127332007-07-13T09:23:00.000-07:002007-07-13T09:23:00.000-07:00I would say that "community" means those people wi...<I>I would say that "community" means those people with whom you share a common dream or goal with (i.e. the cryonics community or the transhumanist community) rather than being defined by physical location.</I><BR/><BR/>But that's at least somewhat contradicted by Putnam's new big study showing that ethnic diversity of your physical community has a large impact on the level of trust, etc. Steve Sailer just posted a link to a survey of levels of volunteerism, and it looks like ethnic diversity was a good predictor there as well.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-84649475687376754212007-07-12T17:57:00.000-07:002007-07-12T17:57:00.000-07:00anti-intellectualismanti-intellectualismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-80687503608426317432007-07-11T11:24:00.000-07:002007-07-11T11:24:00.000-07:00I would say that "community" means those people wi...I would say that "community" means those people with whom you share a common dream or goal with (i.e. the cryonics community or the transhumanist community) rather than being defined by physical location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-42003200596435125162007-07-11T07:23:00.000-07:002007-07-11T07:23:00.000-07:00Somewhat related to dynamism -- rootlessness. Amer...Somewhat related to dynamism -- rootlessness. Americans move around a lot more than elsewhere, and that has a huge effect on the power of the group / community to pressure individuals to follow its norms, desirable or undesirable.<BR/><BR/>A person's "community" isn't like a home they're staying in over the long term, and which they feel worthy of investment. They're more like hotels, where you feel less responsibility to keep things neat and tidy.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-32900977739194508912007-07-10T19:37:00.000-07:002007-07-10T19:37:00.000-07:00Here it is, folks:Openness vs. closenessDecentrali...Here it is, folks:<BR/><BR/>Openness vs. closeness<BR/>Decentralization vs. centralization<BR/>Networks of equals vs. Hierarchy<BR/>Entrepreneurship vs. big business corporatism<BR/>Dynamism vs. status quo<BR/>Innovation vs. doing things the same old way<BR/>Individualism vs. collectivism<BR/>Capitalism vs. socialism<BR/>Life vs. death<BR/>Freedom vs. statismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-62206033408267967852007-07-10T17:35:00.000-07:002007-07-10T17:35:00.000-07:00Dissent;Acceptance of Newcomers;Dissent;<BR/><BR/>Acceptance of Newcomers;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-54288393738235036122007-07-10T10:46:00.000-07:002007-07-10T10:46:00.000-07:00Holdingbeliefs about American history that are alm...Holdingbeliefs about American history that are almost completely wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-85004965528484593652007-07-10T05:58:00.000-07:002007-07-10T05:58:00.000-07:00Sentimentality.Sentimentality.Dennis Manganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934802482968611507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-74986708917829990032007-07-09T21:09:00.000-07:002007-07-09T21:09:00.000-07:00openess (vs limits)positive sum (vs zero sum)dynam...openess (vs limits)<BR/>positive sum (vs zero sum)<BR/>dynamism (vs stasis)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-83410553223850136032007-07-09T17:40:00.000-07:002007-07-09T17:40:00.000-07:00risk-taking, although that could probably be lumpe...risk-taking, although that could probably be lumped with optimism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com