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Conversation



Theodore Zeldin



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'Hero' for today might be the couple - those who add up to more than the sum of two parts.

In conversation, 'feelings' are handed back and forth until intimacy develops, and identify with the concerns of the other person.

Most 'horned devils' are aggressive bc they are weak, and cruel bc they are frightened.

When trains first invented, world divided into pessimists who thought speed wd kill passengers, the tracks wd scar the landscape, and air wd be polluted. Optimists thought wd change the world bc everyone wd realize tyheir common interests.

Technology hasn't completely eliminated religion's control of ideas, but it has encouraged people to think as if there is a solution for every problem. A fundamental shift in how we view the future.



























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