Gloomy_Scene126 OP t1_j9hv7px wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:07 AM

Reply to comment by Sohshi in Freedom is found beyond dualism : Frithjof Bergmann’s model of freedom from a nondual perspective. by Gloomy_Scene126

That’s funny because Bergmann’s theory would suggest that freedom has nothing to do with obstacles or enhanced choice, but rather it only has to do with identification and dissociation. Removing a day from the work week is like removing an obstacle or enhancing one’s choice to do what he pleases during the week. But if I am already identified with a 5 day work week, then I already feel free and do not need an extra day off. I wonder, then, what Bergmann’s rationale would have been for advocating a 4 day work week.

Sohshi t1_j9hxbnp wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:22 AM

He was thinking long-term. We were reading "Limits to Growth" by the Club of Rome. He forsaw the collapse our culture is just now recognizing, offering practical solutions to resource scarcity and environmental degradation. There was always a practical foundation to being free. I'm sorry to say I didn't realize how prescient he was. btw - UCSC screwed him - promised him a job. He left his tenured position at UM to move to beautiful Santa Cruz. Then they rescinded the offer. Academic politics - ugh.