Comments on: A History of Devolution — From Jean Val Jean to Ken Lay http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html Mon, 21 May 2012 11:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: HanktheDog http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html#comment-13 HanktheDog Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:34:00 +0000 http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html#comment-13 Thank you for the food for thought. Thank you for the food for thought.

]]> By: Joy http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html#comment-12 Joy Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:48:00 +0000 http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html#comment-12 Very well put, Hankthedog. I like your term, hyper-human-nature, much better than devolution. It is so true, unfortunately.<br/><br/>Thanks! Very well put, Hankthedog. I like your term, hyper-human-nature, much better than devolution. It is so true, unfortunately.

Thanks!

]]> By: HanktheDog http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html#comment-11 HanktheDog Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:18:00 +0000 http://joyandbeyond.com/2006/02/a-history-of-devolution-from-jean-val-jean-to-ken-lay.html#comment-11 I wonder, though, Joy. I imagine Hugo would have easily recognized the likes of Lay and Trump. Surely, such arrogance has always been part of the human condition. It's true that as technology makes the world grow smaller -- and the acts of the arrogant potentially more destructive -- we're in greater danger in some ways. But maybe devolution isn't the right term. Maybe it's hyper-human-nature. It's not that people are getting worse; it's that they badly need to somehow become better and wiser. I wonder, though, Joy. I imagine Hugo would have easily recognized the likes of Lay and Trump. Surely, such arrogance has always been part of the human condition. It’s true that as technology makes the world grow smaller — and the acts of the arrogant potentially more destructive — we’re in greater danger in some ways. But maybe devolution isn’t the right term. Maybe it’s hyper-human-nature. It’s not that people are getting worse; it’s that they badly need to somehow become better and wiser.

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