We can organize easier and for things we wouldn’t have even known were happening in the past. The Internet and our understand of how to interact with it is not very mature. That takes generational knowledge imo. Things are more chaotic and unprecedented than ever, and we at least have the opportunity to be more informed than at any other time in history. I think we can learn from the past and even if we fail we’ll hopefully have helped future generations by giving them a good case study.

We aren’t there, but imagine a world where ideas aren’t owned. Where you aren’t hurt by someone else using your work. Where we all benefit from innovation and reuse.

Yeah the more I learn history the I feel we are in an imperfect but exceptionally opportune time.

Ooo if you are actually interested, the tradition of Chan Zen definitely has more to say than that. I see how Soto Zen may be seen that way with its intense focus on meditation. Also Soto Zen is way more known in the west than Chan.

I’ve never looked that close, but now that I have I’m on your side.