a great quote today found on Yahoo's interactive responses to Stephen Hawking's question: "How will the Human Race survive another 100 years?"

this answer relates to the topics being covered in my Art history class in which Aristotle contradicts Plato's philosophies by giving people the benefit of the doubt rather than assuming they will always act their worst.

The quote:

"I think the only way we can be certain that it will is by re-examining some of our most basic assumptions about politics, economics, religion, science, and each other. It's those assumptions that have lead us into this situation.

Those assumptions have created social institutions that are built around worst-case scenarios, and, not surprisingly, they often produce worse-case situations. We need systems that allow us to be our best, instead of systems that force us to do our worst."

Fireworks are an interesting institutionalized celebration...they celebrate war! It's no wonder why it always sounds like a war on the 4th of July, it was intended to. Some body in the audience tonight (of the fireworks show at the wharf in San Francisco), shouted out "LOUD NOISES, BRIGHT LIGHTS, WHOO HOO, I LOVE AMERICA".

Hmm...will we survive with that attitde?