"Major advances occur not because the proponents of the established view
are forced by the weight of evidence to change their minds, but because
they retire and eventually die."
Which brings me to the 30 year old book by Warren Bennis, The Temporary
Society where he remarks about the decline of current ruling class
dominated by those who suffered war psychosis and believed in descipline,
methodology & authority.
Is the crisis of intellectual property [authority, knowledge, practice,
organization... u name it] more pervasive reflection of social psychology
than what appears chaotic in the nitty-gritty details ?
Are there anyone here with wisdom who can shed some light on this pattern ?
Gandalf ! where art thou when the burning middle-earth needs you ?
Sendil ~zen~ Nathan
Information Architect
zen@iArchitect.org
http://iArchitect.org
408.247.4937
[Host's Note: Thanks, Zen, for this reference to Max Planck. You're right,
Thomas Kuhn quotes Planck in his _Structure of Scientific Revolutions_; I
had always credited Kuhn. ...Rick]
--"sendil ~zen~ nathan" <zen@iArchitect.org>
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