http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/6342 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:45:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/wisdom/6342 I think this is a very interesting point, but I wonder whether there is in fact no place at all for the notion of starting from scratch. Take, for instance, the Pilgrims who traveled to America in order to build a new society from scratch. I wouldn't entirely say that what happened was in fact that they envisioned, but it does seem like the success of their enterprise owes a great deal to the grandiosity of their ambitions. I still agree that the idea of the blank slate is indeed dangerously seductive and often has very negative consequences. Nonetheless, I wonder whether we can still harness it in some creative ways to bring about genuine and productive change. Bigthink Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:02:53 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/wisdom/6342/#12772