Technology is an absolute good (which can sometimes be used for harmful purposes) and can be separated from aspects of modernly we may dislike, like consumerism or dumb social media. Arguing against technology is equivalent to arguing against the continued advancement of humanity. Without taking a linear view of history, the advancement of humanity is the only reason we exist. If we don't continue to develop new tech and increase our knowledge as human beings, we may as well stop existing.
There is no "advancement" in the sense that you mean it. There is only change. Some good, some bad. Technology tends to drive both kinds of changes. Each generation, we are here and then we are gone. The point is not to believe in some utopian future, the pursuit of which must be the only reason for being; the only sensible and moral thing to do with the time we are given is to remain focused on treating each other as kindly and cooperatively as possible, rather than permit ourselves to be lured by the glamours and false promises of materialism, fame, fortune and all other ego-stroking mirage simply from fear of death or the void of "meaninglessness". There is not much "meaning" to anything, beyond whether you are hurting or helping, yourself or others.
One of the most utterly impractical and frankly loony posts I have seen on substack , home to quite a few loons also it must be said. Presumably some variety of climate nutjob.
{...the masses given spades and scythes and sent out into the fields to harvest the grains...}
How dare you ???
They want to watch TikTok and have pizzas all day instead !!! 🤣🤣🤣
The return to medieval circumstances will take place as you wish.
Folks will perish from infections, injections, hunger, fake meat, bugs, cold, etc.
The only difference to centuries gone by will be that the elites reside in high-tech palaces with any imaginable current or future comfort and travel by private jets or rockets around the planet at will, not in castles without window-panes or cavalcades through forests nearby ...
Technology is an absolute good (which can sometimes be used for harmful purposes) and can be separated from aspects of modernly we may dislike, like consumerism or dumb social media. Arguing against technology is equivalent to arguing against the continued advancement of humanity. Without taking a linear view of history, the advancement of humanity is the only reason we exist. If we don't continue to develop new tech and increase our knowledge as human beings, we may as well stop existing.
Icharus flew too close to the sun, and fell. Such will be humanity if it continues on the quest for tech maximum.
There is no "advancement" in the sense that you mean it. There is only change. Some good, some bad. Technology tends to drive both kinds of changes. Each generation, we are here and then we are gone. The point is not to believe in some utopian future, the pursuit of which must be the only reason for being; the only sensible and moral thing to do with the time we are given is to remain focused on treating each other as kindly and cooperatively as possible, rather than permit ourselves to be lured by the glamours and false promises of materialism, fame, fortune and all other ego-stroking mirage simply from fear of death or the void of "meaninglessness". There is not much "meaning" to anything, beyond whether you are hurting or helping, yourself or others.
One of the most utterly impractical and frankly loony posts I have seen on substack , home to quite a few loons also it must be said. Presumably some variety of climate nutjob.
{...the masses given spades and scythes and sent out into the fields to harvest the grains...}
How dare you ???
They want to watch TikTok and have pizzas all day instead !!! 🤣🤣🤣
The return to medieval circumstances will take place as you wish.
Folks will perish from infections, injections, hunger, fake meat, bugs, cold, etc.
The only difference to centuries gone by will be that the elites reside in high-tech palaces with any imaginable current or future comfort and travel by private jets or rockets around the planet at will, not in castles without window-panes or cavalcades through forests nearby ...