Re: Quote of the Day: Bruce Schneier

[sam stover <sam.stover () gmail com>]

Nick FitzGerald wrote:
> sam stover wrote:
>
> > commerce == culture?
>
> Perhaps not strictly, literally, "is equal by definition", but if you 
> read "==" to mean something like "is inherently very closely linked in 
> any loosely capitalistic model" would you fail to understand that?

Yep - I'm a dumb 'merican (see more below)

> Or is it that you simply know knothing about cultures other than your 
> own, and/or how and why cultures change?

I'm sure you're right.

> Go read what any vaguely contemorpary sociology of culture has to say 
> about globalization, Coca Cola-ization, Disney-ization, etc, etc.

Will do!

> Oh -- and if you are _in_ the US, you may have to pay special attention 
> to what scholars from _elsewhere_ have to say...

How true!  *Every* American must, by definition, be ignorant of other
cultures - thanks for the tip!

But just think - if we weren't all so ignorant, your generalization
wouldn't be accurate.  Pity.

-- 
S.f.Stover
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