But Look What We Have

Writing, Printing, And The Internet Give A False Sense Of Security About The Permanence Of Culture.

Americans Don't Really Think That Other Places Are As Real As America.

I Am Ambivalent About London Because I Am So Ambivalent About England In General.

Everybody's Got A Worldview, Whether They Know They Have It Or They Don't. They Might Even Get It When They Are Little Tiny Kids. Suppose They Get It When They Are In College, Which Is Often The Case, Or In High School, Whatever. Everything They Learn After That Or Every Thing They See After That, They Fit It Into That Worldview. And They Are Making Coherence Of What's Good, What's Bad, What Will Work, What Won't Work, What's Noble, What's Ignoble, And So On... All Through This Filter.

Does Anyone Suppose That, In Real Life, Answers To Any Of The Great Questions That Worry Us Today Are Going To Come Out Of Homogeneous Settlements?