Thursday, August 03, 2006
Category: Culture and Values
Now that we have established a basis for perception we can move forward to the definition of our agreed upon frameworks within which to live.
This is known as values, or in the sum of group values, culture.
An interesting phenomena is culture, and as we break down the basis of all things we can see more clearly the what, why and how of culture and the what, why and how of evolving culture.
The foundation of culture is our values.
Our values come from what appears at first blush to be a complex set of variables but in truth derive from our basic needs and then by extension our basic desires, the electives so to speak, the pleasure affecting pastimes.
We all need clean air, food, water and shelter, the most basic physical needs. (Hazel would probably add companionship to that as well, hard wiring and all, for now let us start with the physical needs literally.)
Why then are these needs still lacking in so many cultures?
Lack of commitment.