Tuesday, June 28, 2005
How Much Civilization is Too Much?
In his latest TechCentralStation article Lee Harris asks: Can people have too much respect for the law?
I have long thought that a culture was too uncivilized when its people can't spontaneously organize themselves into a line (or queue if you are European) when waiting for something. At the other extreme, a culture is overcivilized when its people will wait at a stoplight in a remote area when it is obvious that there are neither other cars to hit or police assets there to ticket them.
I have long thought that a culture was too uncivilized when its people can't spontaneously organize themselves into a line (or queue if you are European) when waiting for something. At the other extreme, a culture is overcivilized when its people will wait at a stoplight in a remote area when it is obvious that there are neither other cars to hit or police assets there to ticket them.
