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I'd argue that the ability to unite people by assigning meaning onto things, places, and ideas is the single reason why humans have been so successful in advanc
by cbcoutinho 5y ago
I'd argue that the ability to unite people by assigning meaning onto things, places, and ideas is the single reason why humans have been so successful in advancing civilization to where it is today.
Edit: eschew -> assign
- papito 5y agoSure, but now it's actually DE-volving our society in form of QAnon and religious "interpretations", and technology here is not blameless in the least.
- selfsimilar 5y agoPedant note: eschew means ‘to go without’. You probably meant ‘assigning’.
- cbcoutinho 5y agoWhoops, thanks
- slver 5y agoThat's precisely the problem. It's very useful, when it's useful. Which leaves us spinning in circles when it's not.
- 3grdlurker 5y agoIt would be impossible for you to say this (circular) sentence and call something a “problem” if you didn’t think that there was some basis of right/wrong, which contradicts your top-level comment.
- slver 5y agoSee, this shouldn't cause a deep sorrowful void within me, but it does.