Will we make a pact with technology and in the process compromise who and what we are? — Brett
Then, would you also agree that coal powered energy is furthering our goals, whatever they are ( are we going to define those goals now or make them up as we go) and is ‘no compromise’. What about nuclear weapons or energy? — Brett
The end goal I see for most people is satisfying their desires. — TogetherTurtle
I might have to separate ‘desire’ from ‘need’ here. We might infer that we desire a warm home or food, but in fact it’s a necessity for survival. We are obviously already confusing ‘desire’ with ‘need’. — Brett
I know it’s the human hand behind the technology, but the things we are beginning to desire are far removed from who and what we have been, and a long way from what we need. — Brett
This also raises the question, can the problem create the solution? — Brett
They were still comforted by the same sensations you and I are. — TogetherTurtle
Okay, let’s just say ‘food and shelter’ — Brett
Sensations are not part of this discussion. — Brett
Our desires change all the time from generation to generation. — Brett
We confuse need with desire. Technology now serves our desires, maybe even feeds them, maybe, one day even creates them. — Brett
Our desires change all the time from generation to generation.
— Brett
Can I have an example? — TogetherTurtle
Yes. My father never desired a mobile phone. — Brett
You say that technology has created a want for new materialistic items. — TogetherTurtle
So I have to think about whether technology can create a desire that wasn’t there in the first place. — Brett
Theoretically someone with every desire they could possibly have fufilled would always be happy. — TogetherTurtle
Not all of our desires are healthy, nor should all of them be realised. — Brett
Technology can realise the most powerful, influential and possibly destructive forces we can imagine. The atomic bomb served what desire in who? — Brett
what do you mean by alarms? — TogetherTurtle
I think that it is the way we realize these desires that can be unhealthy. Having them in the first place can’t be unhealthy because that’s just how we come out. — TogetherTurtle
Yes. My father never desired a mobile phone. — Brett
going back to the neanderthal, — Bitter Crank
When we reach the point of making unpalatable decisions, will we throw them at a computer to analyse and then direct us to the most logical, and consequently the right decision? — Brett
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