Constant change 2

Renunciation, emptiness and bodhicitta are the basis for Buddhist philosophy and practice, and these values are quite strange compared to traditional western ways of thinking.
On the material level, the western attitude has been to endorse progress almost at any cost. To claim that human happiness is different from material progress has been considered strange.
On the political level, many experiments have been made. By those in power the will to remain so has been strong. The opposite attitude, to see the political system as an example of emptiness, which means to be transparent and open to constant analysis and improvement, has not been popular.
Bodhicitta or the will to help others has at best been discussed. Many has seen self-interest as the main incentive for progress.
However, thanks to the material progress it should be possible to analyse the relations between material factors and human happiness in a more relaxed way.
The advantage with the Buddhist model is that it focus on human happiness and see material factors and political organisation as means to this end.

So it seems 2

In a materially based world view it seems we can accept one-sided truths.
It seems quite correct to say, when we see a house: It is a house.
But this is an one-sided truth. The other side of the truth is: "This building is in decay".
The house might stand for decades, so if we look at the material facts it is acceptable to see it as a house.
On the mind level, however, the decay of the building is going on all the time. If the house still stands there 30 years from now it is probably practically a new house, with new roof, new walls, new paint, new heating system and so on.
On mind level, the stability of material reality is not present so we see reality as a process in constant change.
If we know about this change, we can not accept temporary and adventitious observations as basis for our decisions. We want the full picture, including all ups and all downs.