Givens

There are Givens in the Universe, but they belong to the realm of physical laws.  Force equals mass times acceleration  etc.  There are no Givens when we look at Human society, although we frequently act as if there are unalterable rules.  We find ourselves with seemingly intractable problems with violence, economics, distribution of wealth, and morality.  If things aren't working, we can simply change the rules.  (The act is simple, not the consideration of what the act will entail and how it will be of benefit to society.)  We invented the current economic system and social order, and we can certainly re-invent it.  The two party system is currently failing and should be replaced.  Democrats and Republicans should be outlawed.  This will inevitable result in a highly fragmented party system, much like the early days of the United States, where the parties will initially have to cooperate to achieve their goals and after some many election cycles once again coalesce into the stable, albeit ineffective, two party system again.  During the time of fragmentation and before coalescence, political competition will have produced for a short time new solutions to our troubled social evolution.  The problem is that change itself is highly institutionalized or chaotic, a problem in itself which I will discuss in the next blog.