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I think this is one of the most valid and useful reflections out there. My "class" is not well represented because it is "class X", high education/low status. But this essay will springboard me into thought about that. These are the elements I'm looking at so far:

Ranking ecosystems over nations.

“Having enough” against security.

Openness to the new explosion of knowledge.

Nostalgia for the old ag ways of life, like farming.

Contempt of racism.

Admiration for expertise and beauty.

Actual contact with the indigenous people.

Leaving the Enlightenment.

Accepting emotion as a form of thought.

Respecting the unconsciouses of humans as valuable animal thought.

Judith Butler type challenge of sexual definition and behavior.

Sympathy but not participation in sub-category outrage.

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Mary Strachan Scriver
Mary Strachan Scriver

Written by Mary Strachan Scriver

Born in Portland when all was calm just before WWII. Educated formally at NU and U of Chicago Div School. Clergy for ten years. Always happy on high prairie.

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