Reddit mentions of Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) (No. 1)

I see this as being two potentially quite separate issues. The first is simple exposure - please be acquainted some very important contemporary philosophical thinkers:

Slavoj Zizek:

• Zizek!
  
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
  
• The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (yet to be released)
  
  Richard Rorty:
  
  
• Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
  
• Rorty and His Critics
  
• Philosophy and Social Hope
  
  Bernard Stiegler:
  
  
• Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus
  
• Excerpt from The Ister
  
  The other issue you raise with your definition of the word "decent" is that most philosophers have relied on the trickle down effect in order to impact on societal thinking, and the trickle down effect takes time. A lot of philosophers were influential on "tomorrow's" thinking, ie. people didn't realise how important their work was during their lifetime.
  
  What I can tell you is that the works of the three thinkers above are very robust and very relevant to today's thinking.