Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/26/18
It seems we focus on the macro and the micro. We are keen to study climate change, and the wisdom of recycling, and alternative power sources. We seem also consumed with who can use which bathrooms, what proper pronouns suit each person, and ensuring the shadow of no religious symbol crosses public property.
What about the middle? What about reducing crime, especially drugs and gun deaths? What about decent education and quality teachers, especially in the inner cities? What about infrastructure investment, so bridges don’t collapse and potholes don’t bend a rim? What about getting impartial, objective, honest news from the media?
I think we focus on the macro because it’s philosophically pleasing and we can reward ourselves for our vision. We focus on the micro because some of it is important to us on a personal level, and we can force change short-term. But the stuff in the middle? That’s where the real quality of life is, and the issues that can propel the marco and micro.
I understand someone’s concern about climate, but why don’t we ensure the streets are efficiently plowed after a snowstorm to ensure we can get to the meeting to discuss the loftier issues?
Better it is for philosophy to err in active participation in the living struggles of its own age and times than to maintain an immense monastic impeccability…saints engage in introspection while burly sinners run the world. —John Dewey
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