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them into place, having understood them, and gets past them. The great
crimes stem from polarization, complete endorsement of one pole and
complete rejection of the other. Radical distinction of the proper from the
improper-execution. The warrior is being sublimated. Another type of
soldier has become fashionable, one who doesn't want to kill, the peace–
keeper, the peacemaker, the one who protects humanity even from itself
and its environment.
Since success is only moderately predetermined, and anyone can be a
winner in an increasing number of fields, the emancipation of talent is per–
ceivable, here, at the turn of the millenium; it is connected to the third
industrial revolution, the global net, and that which we call the society of
knowledge. The restlessness of talent may be behind the revolutions and
societal changes. Talent opens a path for itself, and actors in the most
diverse media try to become personalities, a transformation for which
intention is not sufficient. The closer we come to the society of knowl–
edge, the higher the value of talent. Embourgeoisement is accompanied by
the emancipation of talent. The intellectual inequality of people can
emerge if their legal-political equality is secured. This is actually the tele–
ology of embourgeoisement: birth, feudal prerogatives, and subcultural
prejudices should impede the emergence of individual abilities as little as
possible. Talent is capable of making surprising appearances; accidental
sparks ignite it. If the agenda is seduction instead of combat, then the
multi-dimensional person seems the most interesting. This is the age of
unexpected, surprising, and apt ideas. The manager would like to be a wiz–
ard. Seduction competition. Behavior is transformed into art. All things
considered, this change is not unfavorable for the Jews.
