We have some similarities as humans, but a great deal of who we are is predetermined by our historical circumstances, especially the aptitudes and accumulated spiritual resources of our ancestors. Let's not over-universalize the human condition. To understand our differences and to work hard with what we have accumulated from this past is at least as important as understand what we have in common.
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Overestimating the commonalities of experience
We have some similarities as humans, but a great deal of who we are is predetermined by our historical circumstances, especially the aptitudes and accumulated spiritual resources of our ancestors. Let's not over-universalize the human condition. To understand our differences and to work hard with what we have accumulated from this past is at least as important as understand what we have in common.
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