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RE: The Long-Forgotten Art of Thinking
Interesting thoughts, from a free mind who managed not to be trapped in what he's defining as culture. I guess.
Though the diverse pieces you combine in your definition of culture could have fluctuating impacts on the whole concept. Actually aren't you mixing up culture with elementary and avoidable social pressure? From my point of view, Culture actually is a much more personnal results of the many types of seeds anyone can slowly grow around and inside himself.
"We need to work our fields" ("il faut cultiver notre jardin"), said Voltaire in Candide. Voltaire... a perfect example of a mind that hadn't forgotten the true Art of Thinking ;)
Well, in a way the term culture is misused or misrepresented in it's typical use. Tradition could be similar enough. But I agrree with the possibility of fluctuating impacts.
However, it's not that cultural differences are a bad thing. The point is that culture itself, regardless of where in the world, is a control mechanism - unintentional or not. Cultural standards limit experience, and they shape our thoughts and perspectives throuhgout our lives.
Culture is a sort of regional religion of etiquette and opinion.
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