02-17-2011, 04:40 AM
(02-16-2011, 06:07 PM)yossarian Wrote: Is it irony that an engineer sees tools as the root of all evil?
i didnt say i saw it as the root of all evil.
everything is a factor in existence. exaggerate one of them, and the balance goes off. doesnt matter whether it is a tool or it is something else. balance is balance.
Quote:While you see all those evil things I just see the opportunity for people to make a choice.
yes. choice of color of garment, choice of horse-ass smell flavored milk or donkey dung flavored milk, this that. these are not choices, these are indulgences.
Quote:Logos put man on the earth naked, cold, and hungry. This is the original scarcity. I think social development is a beautiful thing not an ugly thing. I see all the technology as amazing and wonderful, and the progress of society as a positive. But like you said, we all see what we want to see.
logos didnt put humans on the earth naked. everything for its survival was there. tools also were given in order to further their survival and become more free as time went on, however, heavy veil+tools + money/trade have created a situation in which humans have gotten overindulged and went astray. through tools survival became easier and there was more available, but this time society has invoked artificial scarcity through ownership.
balance is balance. it doesnt matter to which side it goes off. once it goes off, problems arise.