"The value of a technical advance to the whole undertaking of life must be judged by its contribution to the human opportunity for spiritual occupation." "Othe

"The value of a technical advance to the whole undertaking of life must be judged by its contribution to the human opportunity for spiritual occupation." "Other technical inventions enrich only the life of the inventor himself; they represent a gross and ruthless theft from humankind’s common reserve of experiences and should invoke the harshest punishment if made public against the veto of censorship. One such crime among numerous others is the use of flying machines to explore uncharted land. In a single vandalistic glob, one thus destroys lush opportunities for experience that could benefit many if each, by effort, obtained his fair share." A couple of Zapffe quotes on how we aren't thinking enough about the effects of the technology we deploy. I don't agree with his statement against 'flying machines' but he is correct about theft of experience. People are robbed of experience and motivation by being able to go on Youtube and watch others do what they could likely do themselves with motivation and time.