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Nada y Nadie · 02-02-2011, 10:19 PM

Q. What are some of the controversial ideas in your book?

A. For example, I dispute that education is good. We think education is about knowledge, and knowledge is power, but education is really about indoctrination. Another example of a non-conventional idea in the book is that I believe we are harming the people of Third-World countries when we give them aid. In reality, we are just trying to help ourselves, and our aid actually hurts the people in these countries, on multiple levels.

I also dispute that our culture is the most advanced that humankind has ever seen. Our belief that we are advanced is based on this type of logic: “We already know we are the most advanced civilization on the planet > Our civilization has science and technology, a constitution, and written language > Therefore, the most advanced civilizations have science and technology, a constitution, and written language > Since we have science and technology, a constitution, and written language, we are the most advanced civilization on the planet…” In other words, we have a “We’re the most advanced because we have defined everything about our culture as ‘the most advanced’” attitude. But a critical look at our civilization questions this belief. (used with permission)

From the Author Q & A on our website
http://lookforourmotherandourfather....-Q--and--A.php

02-02-2011, 10:19 PM	#6
Nada y Nadie Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: none	Q. What are some of the controversial ideas in your book? A. For example, I dispute that education is good. We think education is about knowledge, and knowledge is power, but education is really about indoctrination. Another example of a non-conventional idea in the book is that I believe we are harming the people of Third-World countries when we give them aid. In reality, we are just trying to help ourselves, and our aid actually hurts the people in these countries, on multiple levels. I also dispute that our culture is the most advanced that humankind has ever seen. Our belief that we are advanced is based on this type of logic: “We already know we are the most advanced civilization on the planet > Our civilization has science and technology, a constitution, and written language > Therefore, the most advanced civilizations have science and technology, a constitution, and written language > Since we have science and technology, a constitution, and written language, we are the most advanced civilization on the planet…” In other words, we have a “We’re the most advanced because we have defined everything about our culture as ‘the most advanced’” attitude. But a critical look at our civilization questions this belief. (used with permission) From the Author Q & A on our website http://lookforourmotherandourfather....-Q--and--A.php Last edited by Nada y Nadie; 02-09-2011 at 07:56 PM.