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tradition and "age old" "wisdom" in itself is a fallacy is it not? or is the earth still flat and are those suit coats with tails still in fashion? a road can be maintained yes but why subject ourselves to this tedius chore when we could soon be flying around in rocket propelled capsules? without progress we would have shoes without laces. corn on the cob without popcorn. iceboxes instead of refridgerators. this discussion would not even be taking place. is the internet not one of the greatest examples of technilogical evolution? its all just happened in our lifetimes that we take it for granted. we dont realize that 20 years ago this world as we know it was nothing the same. everyone has access to cell phones, laptops, internet, crazy video games. its insane. go back 100 years before that even. how steep can the exponential growth actually get? can it get to the point that technology is evolving decades and milleniums to our standards in split seconds? if artificial intelligence is sparked, it very well is possible. and the robots-take-over-the-world plot becomes very much a real threat. perhaps this is the DANGER of evolution.
or maybe we are already at our peak. we will discover a few more things before nature kicks in and shows us once again who really is boss. because no matter how far we advance we still find ourselves devistated by nature time and time again. perhaps we never really will control it. we never will control death. perhaps our view of technology being so sophisticated is actually rather false. in comparison to life systems and organisms and natural forces and space technology is rather insignificant and meaningless. we are building up nothing but a dreamland of what can only topple back down on top of us at the hands of nature and old age. we are building nothing but our own death traps and coffins. progress does not exist, merely death and decay. natures way. and we get back to my own existencial viewpoints. you can change nothing but yourself. theres too much trash on the side of the road. you could spend a lifetime picking it up and accomplish nothing with your life. so use what time you have to just live. not everyone has to question everything. not everyone is a philosopher. because its not glamorous. its not something that brings about truth. only confusion. and like cypher says, i know this steak isnt real, but dang it tastes good. its all an illusion. just one big illusion. we will always all be bound by our own perspective of the world. perspective. thats all this is.
or maybe we are already at our peak. we will discover a few more things before nature kicks in and shows us once again who really is boss. because no matter how far we advance we still find ourselves devistated by nature time and time again. perhaps we never really will control it. we never will control death. perhaps our view of technology being so sophisticated is actually rather false. in comparison to life systems and organisms and natural forces and space technology is rather insignificant and meaningless. we are building up nothing but a dreamland of what can only topple back down on top of us at the hands of nature and old age. we are building nothing but our own death traps and coffins. progress does not exist, merely death and decay. natures way. and we get back to my own existencial viewpoints. you can change nothing but yourself. theres too much trash on the side of the road. you could spend a lifetime picking it up and accomplish nothing with your life. so use what time you have to just live. not everyone has to question everything. not everyone is a philosopher. because its not glamorous. its not something that brings about truth. only confusion. and like cypher says, i know this steak isnt real, but dang it tastes good. its all an illusion. just one big illusion. we will always all be bound by our own perspective of the world. perspective. thats all this is.
