dragonSat, Jan 26, 2008 k, i'll begin by noting that revolution #3 has not (to my knowledge) changed that much, so a few people have realized that free will doesn't exist & that effectively our *soul* is nothing more than a more complex feedback mechanism for dealing with & overcoming stimuli. It doesn't change anything, because even if we choose to acknowledge it, fundamentally we cannot alter or overcome it, as fundamentally it negates that very imperative. And if we choose to accept this; it raises conflict with logic "we're going to die anyway, fuck it". So we choose to ignore/put out of our minds this truth and live with our emotions because they are more truthful to us than anything else we can encounter in the physical world.
As a spin-off to this, I see the next revolution of humanity as a rejection of science and logical thinking (to a less than definite extent). "Thinking with the heart, and not with the mind". With the logical and precise destruction of religion and non-realistic ideas because of their being 'illogical' humanity will move back to our most carnal instincts (eating, sleeping, fucking and having a good time)... Some (like a new/this space collective) will break this trend and the cycle will begin again.
Another possible revolution would come with the worldwide knowledge and understanding of elementary particles, or the discovery of a smaller/unknown elementary particle which changes everything forever. ie. everything is made of spaks, when spaks arrange themselves in different shapes they form quarks, neutrinos, etc etc (I'm not sure how much the general public would actually care, but for the rest of us, can we arrange spaks to make stuff that doesn't exist naturally in nature???)
The ability to bend/break time and or space would certainly change things, how plausible this is, especially within our lifetimes, is very questionable.
leads quite well onto the next pinnacle of my long winded comment, the ability to prolong human life (ie extra 1000 year lifespan), would certainly fuck with the world as we know it. Would it be ok for everyone? who would be in charge of such technology?
(ok, that's enough for now (totally up for discussion later)... I've been drinking and toking and losing the plot, you wanted some thoughts/ideas. sorry in advance if they don't 'fly')
k, i'll begin by noting that revolution #3 has not (to my knowledge) changed that much, so a few people have realized that free will doesn't exist & that effectively our *soul* is nothing more than a more complex feedback mechanism for dealing with & overcoming stimuli. It doesn't change anything, because even if we choose to acknowledge it, fundamentally we cannot alter or overcome it, as fundamentally it negates that very imperative. And if we choose to accept this; it raises conflict with logic "we're going to die anyway, fuck it". So we choose to ignore/put out of our minds this truth and live with our emotions because they are more truthful to us than anything else we can encounter in the physical world.
As a spin-off to this, I see the next revolution of humanity as a rejection of science and logical thinking (to a less than definite extent). "Thinking with the heart, and not with the mind". With the logical and precise destruction of religion and non-realistic ideas because of their being 'illogical' humanity will move back to our most carnal instincts (eating, sleeping, fucking and having a good time)... Some (like a new/this space collective) will break this trend and the cycle will begin again.
Another possible revolution would come with the worldwide knowledge and understanding of elementary particles, or the discovery of a smaller/unknown elementary particle which changes everything forever. ie. everything is made of spaks, when spaks arrange themselves in different shapes they form quarks, neutrinos, etc etc (I'm not sure how much the general public would actually care, but for the rest of us, can we arrange spaks to make stuff that doesn't exist naturally in nature???)
The ability to bend/break time and or space would certainly change things, how plausible this is, especially within our lifetimes, is very questionable.
leads quite well onto the next pinnacle of my long winded comment, the ability to prolong human life (ie extra 1000 year lifespan), would certainly fuck with the world as we know it. Would it be ok for everyone? who would be in charge of such technology?
(ok, that's enough for now (totally up for discussion later)... I've been drinking and toking and losing the plot, you wanted some thoughts/ideas. sorry in advance if they don't 'fly')