By contrast it indicates the nature of the only possible solution: the perfecting of the means and ways of communication of meanings so that genuinely shared interest in the consequences of interdependent activities may inform desire and effort and thereby direct action.
Dewey proposes that effective communication is essential for addressing interdependent societal issues.
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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.
The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.
Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.