Originally Posted by
tandempower
......if there is some aspect of government that makes it resistant to rationality, I would want to consider how to overcome that.
Simple... remove humans from the management process.
Originally Posted by
tandempower
..... But you could say it's pragmatic to shift some amount of the population away from driving rather than investing/wasting excessive resources on the ideal of ubiquitous personal automotive transportation.
No... I think the word your defining there is
fascism
Originally Posted by
tandempower
Nothing exists that is not religion/culture/society in some way. The way you talk about environmentalism as a religion implies that it is more subjective than other sciences, which would be thus less religious. .......
You apparently have some bigotries against religion. Once again... I think you misunderstand the meaning of the word(s) you don't like. I merely use words to commutate. As an adult... I try not to have too much emotional attachment to words. I think you are confusing the word religion... with the word
worship.
Originally Posted by
tandempower
Apparently your vision of the future is that it will change unpredictably, as will the (cultural) ability to evaluate positivity or negativity in it.
No. I expect the future to play out pretty much in the same way as the past did. YOU... seem to expect different results from the same species.
Originally Posted by
tandempower
I agree with you that it is positive to focus on pursuing a goal instead of getting bogged down with hating the obstructions.
Good.
(hope you see the humor)