Are \"they\" really the enemy? (Systems commentary)
joshua geller
joshua at cae.retix.com
Thu Aug 18 12:27:46 PDT 1994
> > When a system is designed to organize human behavior (as in
> > "governing" it) it has the inherent mistake of being based on
> > the presumption of complete knowledge of human nature (yet who
> > agrees on what that comprises).
> Only a philosopher could make such a statement.
> A family is such a system, but it is based on no such presumption.
> Families begin in what is usually a completely mindless activity.
> And any honest parent of teenage children will admit that he or
> she is almost totally ignorant of human nature. If the parent
> doesn't admit it, the child will let the parent know.
only a rhetor could make such a statement.
families are not designed.
I don't necessarily agree with the original statment.
josh
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