my philosophical understanding is, 1) there's nothing new or original under the sun in terms of human consciousness or intelligence, 2) and thus there's no progress or "getting better" on a linear measuring stick as more time passes, and 3) we have always understood and had choices, which do not overlap with each other, in terms of what kind of society, local and/or worldwide, we want to live in. and we live in what we collectively choose to live in. societies, alternative to what we live in, of various scales have existed and even thrived throughout human history and all over the world. never say no one saw it coming or no one knows what's going to happen. many have seen it coming, warned each other and presented alternative visions. what happens in the future depends on what we do now.
My philosophy still ponders what inspired(?) humankind to begin an agrarian way of life 10-12,000 years ago. Build civilizations? The beginning of war, pestilence, civil strife, and ruling classes, etc. Did aliens have a cruel hand in it? Can we escape this dynamo? (Industrial civilization that we were all born into) Hmmm...
Figured: flint edged weapons, tools; fermentation & ice "distilling" along with psychoactive plants, spinning, weaving & knitting during ice-age migration ALL enabled even the tiniest female to kill inebriated males in their sleep. The rest followed, once guys finally caught on?
interesting questions. i think that technologies from hoes to computers are tools that help us build and run a society but don't necessarily determine how we we related to each other in that society.
my philosophical understanding is, 1) there's nothing new or original under the sun in terms of human consciousness or intelligence, 2) and thus there's no progress or "getting better" on a linear measuring stick as more time passes, and 3) we have always understood and had choices, which do not overlap with each other, in terms of what kind of society, local and/or worldwide, we want to live in. and we live in what we collectively choose to live in. societies, alternative to what we live in, of various scales have existed and even thrived throughout human history and all over the world. never say no one saw it coming or no one knows what's going to happen. many have seen it coming, warned each other and presented alternative visions. what happens in the future depends on what we do now.
My philosophy still ponders what inspired(?) humankind to begin an agrarian way of life 10-12,000 years ago. Build civilizations? The beginning of war, pestilence, civil strife, and ruling classes, etc. Did aliens have a cruel hand in it? Can we escape this dynamo? (Industrial civilization that we were all born into) Hmmm...
Figured: flint edged weapons, tools; fermentation & ice "distilling" along with psychoactive plants, spinning, weaving & knitting during ice-age migration ALL enabled even the tiniest female to kill inebriated males in their sleep. The rest followed, once guys finally caught on?
interesting questions. i think that technologies from hoes to computers are tools that help us build and run a society but don't necessarily determine how we we related to each other in that society.