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I've had this thought watching this play out over the past few months. You have this deeply mystical, zen-like game of ancient China which represents the philo
by typon 11y ago
I've had this thought watching this play out over the past few months. You have this deeply mystical, zen-like game of ancient China which represents the philosophy of the East and it's pitted against this pure capitalist, cold and calculating (literally) machine.
You can hold out for a few thousand years, but eventually the uncontrollable and amoral technological imperative will catch on and crush you.
It's kind of poetic and sad. It feels like technology will render everything un-sacred eventually.
- aaimnr 11y agoOn the other hand one could say that it's a pretty shallow understanding of Zen, given that Buddhism assumes that everything in the mind - being a part of nature - is fully conditioned (deterministic), as opposed to Christian view of a human as a holy, God-like creature, distinctly different than the rest of nature.
- typon 11y agoI agree. I think the same concept applies in Daoism. Sort of giving yourself up to the flow of the universe. That's why I only said "zen-like".