The Chief

I've been reading a lot about the "Mind-Body problem"

Hello everyone. I was wondering if there were some examples of states from any time period that simultaneously had a good economy, but a poorly ran government or vice-versa. It seems like politics in reality is all about money, so I'm starting to think that politics should be a sub category for Economics.

I'm trying to understand a certain passage in his work, but I have no idea what he's trying to say:

"On the other hand processes or conditions, whether they are animate or

inanimate, human or non-human, are in the present sense devoid of

meaning in so far as they cannot be related to an intended purpose. That

is to say they are devoid of meaning if they cannot be related to action

in the role of means or ends but constitute only the stimulus, the favoring

or hindering of circumstances."

It seems like everything except accidents can be related to an intended meaning. Are any of you familiar with Weber's work?

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Which should I read next? The last book I read was Beyond Good and Evil

What if your idea of respect is to say "good morning" when you meet someone in the morning, and my idea is to just leave this person alone because it's early and I figure they don't want to be bothered because that's usually how I feel and I'm treating another the way I would want to be treated.

It actually seems very selfish when you think about it.What if they absolutely despise the way we would want to be treated.

I don't mean like someones looks or some type of gathering, I'm talking about a "that isn't fair" situation. I'm trying to figure out why some people can do "good" and still fail, while other people can do "bad" and come out on top

Or do you just skim it to try and get the general ideas and think about them yourself.

I've been watching a couple of videos on youtube that talk about Capitalism and the ideal Capitalism sounds great. Everyone is an individual and creates their own wealth without intrusion upon their fellow man, but can that actually work in reality?

Doesn't different opinions automatically lead to conflict?

I don't stand back for men so technically I shouldn't stand back for women either if they're my equals right?

I was learning in my management class how the media is controlled by like 6 groups, and what we see on tv is what they want us to see, which makes me wonder is their really anything that doesn't benefit their cause in some way or another.

All of the books that come out and magazines that are supposed to support free thinking, could just be some of the things that the big groups let out to keep the citizens that want to "rebel" in check.

I was learning in my management class how the media is controlled by like 6 groups, and what we see on tv is what they want us to see, which makes me wonder is their really anything that doesn't benefit their cause in some way or another.

All of the books that come out and magazines that are supposed to support free thinking, could just be some of the things that the big groups let out to keep the citizens that want to "rebel" in check.

When someone who has 6 months of cash handling experience is more qualified to work at a bank than someone with a degree in Finance I question the relevance of a degree