This instance alone is enough to show that while singular beings in their singularity think, want and decide, what they think and strive for, the content of their beliefs and intentions is a subject-matter provided by association.
Dewey illustrates how individual beliefs and intentions are shaped by social associations.
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Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.
If the technological age can provide mankind with a firm and general basis of material security, it will be absorbed in a humane age.
Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.
Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.