I keep thinking the physics/mathematical term "degrees of freedom". For instance, when considering movement which may be limited on one or two dimensions, but "free" in the others. In that sense, the word "freedom" is being misused and indeed in some texts that distinction is described as "degrees of liberty".
The "box" in which mankind currently resides is "Continuity of Government", whereby the prime directive is "those in power must remain in power at all costs". The USG has plans for the government to remain in place even in the case of total nuclear devastation - that is, that even if humanity is to be obliterated, the government will survive. So much for "by, for and of the people" lol. The dimensions of the box may have been smaller or larger at various times, but the box has always existed.
The good news is that, as avid fans of "Flatland" should know, there are infinite dimensions. The "box" in which humanity currently "enjoys" whatever "liberty" is granted to it, has finite dimensions. Those who believe in souls know that the "box" does not contain our souls. More "pragmatic" people should at least understand that the box also does not contain our free will - our ability to perceive, or as Peter (and others, of course) call it: "Logos". To escape "the box". we need to "move" in a direction along the axis that removes us from the dimensions of "the box" completely.
Someone once asked the NYT art critic why Andy Warhol was successful. I never forgot the answer. He said, “he [Andy] does what all great leaders do, he moved to the edge, and declared it the center.” Barack Obama’s “new normal,” again, a boundary-condition. The trick about boundary conditions is that we are fooled (sold, manipulated) by false dichotomies to think of them on a line: left/right etc., while, in reality they exist a circle or sphere, all around us. You can probably exceed “tolerance” in any direction.
"Tolerance" is another boundary-condition word they love to play with. The Oxford definitions that come up on my phone when I highlight the word and hit "look up" say nothing about an "allowed limit" (as in a machine-shop). The meaning has been completely inverted.
If Oxford says it, it must be true. (joke)
Tolerance
Dictionary
tol•er•ance | täla)rans | noun
1. the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existen...
2. the capacity to endure continued subjection to something, especially...
I keep thinking the physics/mathematical term "degrees of freedom". For instance, when considering movement which may be limited on one or two dimensions, but "free" in the others. In that sense, the word "freedom" is being misused and indeed in some texts that distinction is described as "degrees of liberty".
The "box" in which mankind currently resides is "Continuity of Government", whereby the prime directive is "those in power must remain in power at all costs". The USG has plans for the government to remain in place even in the case of total nuclear devastation - that is, that even if humanity is to be obliterated, the government will survive. So much for "by, for and of the people" lol. The dimensions of the box may have been smaller or larger at various times, but the box has always existed.
The good news is that, as avid fans of "Flatland" should know, there are infinite dimensions. The "box" in which humanity currently "enjoys" whatever "liberty" is granted to it, has finite dimensions. Those who believe in souls know that the "box" does not contain our souls. More "pragmatic" people should at least understand that the box also does not contain our free will - our ability to perceive, or as Peter (and others, of course) call it: "Logos". To escape "the box". we need to "move" in a direction along the axis that removes us from the dimensions of "the box" completely.
Someone once asked the NYT art critic why Andy Warhol was successful. I never forgot the answer. He said, “he [Andy] does what all great leaders do, he moved to the edge, and declared it the center.” Barack Obama’s “new normal,” again, a boundary-condition. The trick about boundary conditions is that we are fooled (sold, manipulated) by false dichotomies to think of them on a line: left/right etc., while, in reality they exist a circle or sphere, all around us. You can probably exceed “tolerance” in any direction.
"Tolerance" is another boundary-condition word they love to play with. The Oxford definitions that come up on my phone when I highlight the word and hit "look up" say nothing about an "allowed limit" (as in a machine-shop). The meaning has been completely inverted.
If Oxford says it, it must be true. (joke)
Tolerance
Dictionary
tol•er•ance | täla)rans | noun
1. the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existen...
2. the capacity to endure continued subjection to something, especially...
New Oxford American Dictionary
tolerance noun
1. forbearance
2. endurance of...
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus