Digital and different metal ages

Is digital age a golden age for today ?

It is significant that in several places in The Republic, Plato makes a distinction between the "diviner metal," the 'gold' that is within everyone since "all are of the same original stock," and the "commoner metal," the gold of earth, which "has been the source of many unholy deeds" (III, 417a).

When we recall the age in which Plato was writing, with the fall of Athens (404 B.C.) and the death of Socrates shortly thereafter still fresh in memory, we can appreciate the depth of his inquiry into first principles. It was all too clear to him that Athens had suffered defeat primarily from within, and only secondarily from without. Where had the education of its youth gone wrong? Paideia -- that beautiful Greek word for the nurturing of the soul from childhood on -- had lost its luster. He sought, therefore, to restore it by formulating a scheme whereby children from infancy would be reared with the noblest ideals of honor, justice, and with frugality of mind and body, in order that they might become "true saviors and not the destroyers of the State" (IV, 421b).

In his ideal government, the real guardian is he who "sets in order his own inner life, and is his own master and his own law, and at peace with himself" (IV, 443d), and because of this, in both his private and public responsibilities he will act wisely and for the good of all under his protection.

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Being and event

In philosophy, one might want to distinguish facts from events, and then between physical events, mental events, and brain events.

An event occurs at a point in time which can be distinguished because the state of the world changed. Something was different before and after the event. Physics also speaks of event horizons and simultaneity. In Physics and in Science in general, an event may be contrasted with a process, which occurs across intervals, not just at a point on a timeline. An action or relationship may be misunderstood when viewed as an event or single point of focus. Instead, it may help to view it as part of an integrated process. On the contrary, an unexpected event occurs at a point in time which can be distinguished because the state of the world has not changed yet. None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives (K. Norris).
At the moment, when it occurs, there is no difference before and after the unexpected.Is unexpected a kind of event or no event at all ?

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Changing form

The most remarkable feature of Proteus is his ability to change form. But whereas some whose form has been changed remain in their new state, Proteus can continuously assume new forms, looking as a young man, a lion, a boar, a serpent, a bull, a stone, a tree, water, flame, or whatever he pleases.

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