Even primitive people had some sort of technology and industry. The problem is that we have gone too far, using technology to satisfy false needs.Capitalism has developed such a society.Now we are billions and can't live on the earth as before.
So the story has three possible endings in a few decades :absolute domination of the rich , chaos or war.
He says, "dehumanize" as if we can be something we're not.
We, society, are not stress, depressed, and anxious because of technology. We are so because of what we are expected of; to work, to have money in order to eat, be healthy, live comfortably. The problem is money. Money within society is power and leverage. It divides us. It encourages us to be greedy and we it weighs on us until we break. Untill we become fearful and then violent.
The problem is both, it is materialism. We make ourselves slaves everyday to a culture which teaches us that we must work so that we can go out and buy our material goods that go obsolete in a year and then we must slave ourselves out again to go and buy more technology to further isolate us. And if anyone so much as god forbid asks why we have this circular system they are motherfucking traitors, drug them and throw them in an asylum where they cannot speak.
@letterboxheresy Our desire for more advance technology is not a problem. Technology doesn't dehumanize us. People dehumanize people, not that we should blame our nature but our culture. All of these unnecessary and exploitative innovations are b/c of capitalism. When we are pushed or forced to "play this game"(participate in this market state) we then become uneasy when we're losing and when we're winning, our means of acquiring profit result in others losing as well as our planet.
To quote Aldous Huxley: "Science and technology would be used as though, like the Sabbath, they had been made for man, not (as at present and still more so in the Brave New World) as though man were to be adapted and enslaved to them."
Overall I do not disagree with you, I just am pointing out technology is not used for the capitalist fiction of "Advancement of Humanity" rather it enslaves us to think that we are designed for the machines and our material goods define who we are.
@universalwhat I think what he means by "dehumanize" is that we are so entirely mediated by technology that we need to research the most simple everyday things like purchasing coffee to see whether it is the result of exploitation etc etc. Technology also requires a lot of planning and financing to maintain. Cars for example are just as much a burden as they are handy. Plus, cars cause a lot of premature deaths and injuries. Just my two cents
@universalwhat I think we are stressed because of technology in it's present form, we are bombarded with inventions and a development going faster, growing more and more complex by the day - but this of course, goes hand in hand with money.
@universalwhat I can agree with your statement, "the problem is money." Money is a large problem in our society, and it is interesting to think; would it be possible for technology to exist in a society without the existence of money. And when I say technology, I am talking about things like computers, cars, etc.... I think you kind of have to look at where the existence of both technology and money began. Because they influence each other a lot today.
if what we do on the net does not lend itself to or carry us into face to face community and contact with others then we are regressing... make the net "obsolete" by using it to organize yourselves/ourselves, to meet,.,.,.,....
So true. So sad that all of the advancements that we could use to better ourselves and our environment have been used against us and the environment instead. I often think about where we would be as humans if we were not controlled by greed and ego, we should already be free from fossil fuel dependence, starvation, etc,. Instead we use it for destruction.
This seems increasingly relevant in light of what happened in Arizona recently. Scary.
HowlinJay 1 year ago
Even primitive people had some sort of technology and industry. The problem is that we have gone too far, using technology to satisfy false needs.Capitalism has developed such a society.Now we are billions and can't live on the earth as before.
So the story has three possible endings in a few decades :absolute domination of the rich , chaos or war.
talyesin3 1 year ago
what game/engine are the graphics from?
Revbone450 2 years ago
good stuff
TheAist 2 years ago
thanks for posting this, cheri
pennilesscripple 2 years ago 5
He says, "dehumanize" as if we can be something we're not.
We, society, are not stress, depressed, and anxious because of technology. We are so because of what we are expected of; to work, to have money in order to eat, be healthy, live comfortably. The problem is money. Money within society is power and leverage. It divides us. It encourages us to be greedy and we it weighs on us until we break. Untill we become fearful and then violent.
universalwhat 2 years ago 2
"the problem is money"
i couldnt agree more, friend.
fckuvrymch 2 years ago
@universalwhat
The problem is both, it is materialism. We make ourselves slaves everyday to a culture which teaches us that we must work so that we can go out and buy our material goods that go obsolete in a year and then we must slave ourselves out again to go and buy more technology to further isolate us. And if anyone so much as god forbid asks why we have this circular system they are motherfucking traitors, drug them and throw them in an asylum where they cannot speak.
Good video though.
letterboxheresy 1 year ago 2
@letterboxheresy Our desire for more advance technology is not a problem. Technology doesn't dehumanize us. People dehumanize people, not that we should blame our nature but our culture. All of these unnecessary and exploitative innovations are b/c of capitalism. When we are pushed or forced to "play this game"(participate in this market state) we then become uneasy when we're losing and when we're winning, our means of acquiring profit result in others losing as well as our planet.
universalwhat 1 year ago
@universalwhat
To quote Aldous Huxley: "Science and technology would be used as though, like the Sabbath, they had been made for man, not (as at present and still more so in the Brave New World) as though man were to be adapted and enslaved to them."
Overall I do not disagree with you, I just am pointing out technology is not used for the capitalist fiction of "Advancement of Humanity" rather it enslaves us to think that we are designed for the machines and our material goods define who we are.
letterboxheresy 1 year ago
@universalwhat I think what he means by "dehumanize" is that we are so entirely mediated by technology that we need to research the most simple everyday things like purchasing coffee to see whether it is the result of exploitation etc etc. Technology also requires a lot of planning and financing to maintain. Cars for example are just as much a burden as they are handy. Plus, cars cause a lot of premature deaths and injuries. Just my two cents
Barklord 11 months ago
@universalwhat I think we are stressed because of technology in it's present form, we are bombarded with inventions and a development going faster, growing more and more complex by the day - but this of course, goes hand in hand with money.
Countmaurizio 7 months ago
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intricatic 6 months ago
@universalwhat
"He says, "dehumanize" as if we can be something we're not."
"We, society, are not stress, depressed, and anxious because of technology. "
Said some text on the screen.
intricatic 6 months ago
@universalwhat I can agree with your statement, "the problem is money." Money is a large problem in our society, and it is interesting to think; would it be possible for technology to exist in a society without the existence of money. And when I say technology, I am talking about things like computers, cars, etc.... I think you kind of have to look at where the existence of both technology and money began. Because they influence each other a lot today.
Fuelforthoughtpgh 4 months ago
Dig Zerzan... though without modern tech I'd never made it past infanthood.
Kiddolinfen09 2 years ago
technology can't replace a great big ol hug
patiodaddyo1 2 years ago 2
What a very interesting video! Interesting, indeed!
Montagraph 2 years ago 2
if what we do on the net does not lend itself to or carry us into face to face community and contact with others then we are regressing... make the net "obsolete" by using it to organize yourselves/ourselves, to meet,.,.,.,....
bbbleaver 2 years ago 6
agreed.
2unearth 2 years ago
agreed. :)
fckuvrymch 2 years ago
So true. So sad that all of the advancements that we could use to better ourselves and our environment have been used against us and the environment instead. I often think about where we would be as humans if we were not controlled by greed and ego, we should already be free from fossil fuel dependence, starvation, etc,. Instead we use it for destruction.
PleaseStayTuned 2 years ago 3