Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - TOTAL Surveillance is Inevitable, You Know...and SOON!

ARTelevision · 05-26-2003, 02:36 AM

Macheath,
Yes. It seems to me certain situations are inevitable in human society. Trends that have been trending for centuries will be fulfilled by historical imperative. If that's the case, the only option we have is to make the best of them.

As I've outlined here before, I'm concerned with the quality of people with power. They will be products of the society that nurtured them.

Also, as you may assess, I'm concerned that as we pursue the trajectories laid out in the life-as-entertainment/entertainment-as-life theorems, we are continually degrading our quality as human beings. To continue these trends ensures the future will be held by droll types who lack imagination and sincerity and, instead, are driven by "life-as-sci-fi-action-thriller" or "life-as-sinister-video-game" paradigms.

In the future, life will be the machine we have been creating since the ape jawbone was used as a weapon. My issue with all this is we continue to program the life machine with nonsense and self-and-society-destructive memes.

05-26-2003, 02:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	Macheath, Yes. It seems to me certain situations are inevitable in human society. Trends that have been trending for centuries will be fulfilled by historical imperative. If that's the case, the only option we have is to make the best of them. As I've outlined here before, I'm concerned with the quality of people with power. They will be products of the society that nurtured them. Also, as you may assess, I'm concerned that as we pursue the trajectories laid out in the life-as-entertainment/entertainment-as-life theorems, we are continually degrading our quality as human beings. To continue these trends ensures the future will be held by droll types who lack imagination and sincerity and, instead, are driven by "life-as-sci-fi-action-thriller" or "life-as-sinister-video-game" paradigms. In the future, life will be the machine we have been creating since the ape jawbone was used as a weapon. My issue with all this is we continue to program the life machine with nonsense and self-and-society-destructive memes. __________________ create evolution Last edited by ARTelevision; 05-26-2003 at 05:54 AM..