Individual Success and Community:
John Dewey's Philosophy of Success
John Dewey - “Our garden is the World.”
democracy vs greed - individuals vs community
Jeffersonian Democrat - interpreting Jefferson for Modern Urbanites
learn by give-and-take communication one's place as an individual in a community
Individual impulses articulate life
communication and cooperation are keys to democracy
Economic Success cannot fulfill individual happiness, because of the difference between community and association
Economic Success theory mandates that we all be individual associates.
However associations cannot produce the shared endeavor bond of unity needed to define individual identity within Society.
Individuals each competing for economic success, will sooner destroy each-other rather than achieve the best for Society.
Through compromise mutual satisfaction will reach more people in communities that share, no matter if one person's ego is bruised.
Despite any failures of individuals or projects within communities, cooperation towards a collective goal is best for individuals.
Science is Power
John Blum - Only if Americans rise to the new challenge of abundance and leisure by opening the boundless mind's eye for exploration, can they demonstrate that an economic system can completely satisfy individuals. Only such men are finally successful, because they are freely satisfied.
Star Trek
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