Quote Originally Posted by delusionsofNORMALity
i think you're confusing technological advancement with ethical advancement. take away all our technology and you'll find nothing more than a bunch of hairless apes running around fucking everything that moves and beating each other over the head with sticks. we value only the material, in the form of power and things, and ignore philosophical and intellectual pursuits unless they might lead us to material wealth. hell, we even find it necessary to enforce charity with legislation! we are a primitive species, still catering to our baser instincts and mostly devoid of the empathy it takes to really give a flying fuck about each other or the rest of the world.

i don't suppose you can really blame the common man for this evolutionary dead end we find ourselves in. we are nothing more than herd animals, banding together for safety and looking to our leaders for direction, and the power of the individual has never been of prime importance. we seem to be only a step or two above the mindless hive, buzzing about on our pointless tasks and building a structure that is only designed to house more drones. warfare may be the only thing that has saved us from extinction through the sheer tedium of our meaningless existence.
I don't know. The Amish seen to lead a nice quiet life. And there are other examples. We don't need technology to survive. We just use it to make life easier for ourselves. Maybe life isn't supposed to be easy.