Oh, you had better believe I’m a proponent of understanding history to put a lens on the present and provide a compass for the future.
In that vein, it’s probably worth introducing your readers to G.K. Chesterton, who used paradoxes and parables to make his points, and gave the world Father Brown (among many other creations). Chesterton’s works are well worth your time.
It's ironic that the current conservative movement doesn't follow this framework. There was a reason we had a Dept. of Education, a Voting Rights Act and limitations on Presidential power.
Will read your link - note I personally don't interpret this concept as liberal vs conservative thing, and I'm definitely not making the case it should be used to keep everything precisely the same forever.
Two books explore the concept of timeless ideas or things that we would want to or perhaps just expect to see preserved across time (both written by liberal-minded writers) I think are interesting for this discourse.
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
But glad you see it as useful I think it is - and note I even say in some cases you should tear down the fence and put an updated, better version in its place. Perhaps it's completely different and updated, full removed from the original version thanks to new technology.
Absolute truth. We live in a time where we think we know everything, and are coasting through several generations worth of society building. If the roots of the tree are cut down, you have a dead tree.
Very similar to what I wrote about a couple of years ago and weaved into my first novel. Chesterton's fence is an incredibly powerful concept, and we risk a lot, not understanding it, especially regarding our traditions: https://www.polymathicbeing.com/p/tradition
Oh, you had better believe I’m a proponent of understanding history to put a lens on the present and provide a compass for the future.
In that vein, it’s probably worth introducing your readers to G.K. Chesterton, who used paradoxes and parables to make his points, and gave the world Father Brown (among many other creations). Chesterton’s works are well worth your time.
Chesteron's Fence is a useful framework, but it really captures the conservative viewpoint. There are many cases where it's not worth the effort to figure out why something was done, if the cost of changing it is low. There is a really good analysis of the variety of perspectives on this here (with a bonus bit of history on Chesterton): https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/opinion/three-fences-burke-chesterton-change-progressives-conservatives/
It's ironic that the current conservative movement doesn't follow this framework. There was a reason we had a Dept. of Education, a Voting Rights Act and limitations on Presidential power.
Will read your link - note I personally don't interpret this concept as liberal vs conservative thing, and I'm definitely not making the case it should be used to keep everything precisely the same forever.
Two books explore the concept of timeless ideas or things that we would want to or perhaps just expect to see preserved across time (both written by liberal-minded writers) I think are interesting for this discourse.
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
But glad you see it as useful I think it is - and note I even say in some cases you should tear down the fence and put an updated, better version in its place. Perhaps it's completely different and updated, full removed from the original version thanks to new technology.
Nothing like old G(OAT).K. Chesterton!
true.
Absolute truth. We live in a time where we think we know everything, and are coasting through several generations worth of society building. If the roots of the tree are cut down, you have a dead tree.
Very similar to what I wrote about a couple of years ago and weaved into my first novel. Chesterton's fence is an incredibly powerful concept, and we risk a lot, not understanding it, especially regarding our traditions: https://www.polymathicbeing.com/p/tradition