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While I hated the writing style of the book I did really enjoy exploring the concepts Quinn was discussing.
His take on the old testament was interesting. And while there is a lot credit to Levite's position, there was one statement in the book that really struck me. Somewhere along the lines we forgot how to live our lives.
Now I know I can be easily disputed on that one, but it was an idea I found particularly applicable to myself, and idea that is particularly applicable to a lot of people I know. Perhaps it's just something specific to antipodean culture at the moment.
Modern society is facing a number of problems that are complex with complex origins and have no silver bullet solution. But one thing we need to do more of in our society is to question if we're really any happier. Mental illness is something that is starting to get much worse where I live. People don't feel good about themselves, we worry too much, and we feel like we have no control over our on lives any more. Perhaps we've always had these problems and the way we are now is no different to the way we've always been. Perhaps there's an industry trying to make us think we feel like shit so we spend money to make ourselves feel better.
As Levite said, rolling back change isn't going to get us anywhere, it's unworkable. We have to progress. But keep in mind, even if near destroy ourselves in the process and learn some very hard lessons and have to move forward from square one again, that's still a progression, it's still part of an evolutionary process.
Human biology isn't going to move forward, we simply don't need to, the new evolution is ideas. The strongest ideas will survive, the weakest ideas will not. But bit by bit, as we continue to advance at such a rapid pace, we'll figure out what will work and what doesn't.
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