Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?Aurelius@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThe enlightenment is overrated. History is driven by contestst of groups not contests of ideas.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoAs a counterpoint, may I submit: your own fucking username?
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoBe weird if they had made the first line of the Preface a counterpoint to the first line of Part 1
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWhich group contested your attention to this idea two months later?
minus-squaregapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoAnd people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoPeople are governed/motivated by self-interest.
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.
The enlightenment is overrated. History is driven by contestst of groups not contests of ideas.
As a counterpoint, may I submit: your own fucking username?
Be weird if they had made the first line of the Preface a counterpoint to the first line of Part 1
Which group contested your attention to this idea two months later?
Kaiser Chiefs
And people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
People are governed/motivated by self-interest.
That statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.