minute paper...

Everyday in this class, a new idea that i have never thought about is brought to my attention. before today, i sometimes ask "what if..." but it is not usually in the sense that was brought up in class. its very true, the whole notion of pluralism... if thats a word. thats how i would say it at least. sticking out in my mind from todays discussion is an image of the world, and then like a time line with at one end the beginning of agriculture and recorded history, and at the other end, some futures beings finding a clock in a mountain 10000 years from now. hopefully by then our society will not have self-destructed. right now is when we should be asking "what if" though... instead of looking back on mistakes (not that we can avoid some of them) we can look forward and play out as many of the infinite possibilities starting right now. every moment may be a pivotal point. we may not even realize it now... is there a way we can look holistically at say, all of time past present and futures all at once? perhaps in chunks is less overwhelming... i really like the idea of systematically diversifying ideas. systematic implies ordering and diversity is basically abundant differences. ordering different ideas to make more sense and give value to a variety of thoughts and opinions. how much healthier and happier would we be if we all had more open minds? i feel like the more diversity we have in everything, the more educated and aware we can be of our environment and ourselves... so as to better actively pursue creativity and... in a sense... alternativity? 

my head is spinning! wahoo