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An oversimplification of the human individual into nothing more than an analytic system seems very dystopian to me. The responsibility of getting to know an IN
by StandardFuture 13y ago
An oversimplification of the human individual into nothing more than an analytic system seems very dystopian to me.
The responsibility of getting to know an INDIVIDUAL for who THEY are is a beautiful and expensive journey. Which is why we can only afford it in a minimalist sense i.e. MAYBE one person to fall in love with, MAYBE a family to love, and MAYBE a handful of friends to truly love as well.
However, if what the author seeks (hidden in an array of emotions) is the key to Utopia then that is a different issue. I am honestly not sure if the authors intentions were honestly stated. I am not sure if the author is truly frustrated with people or himself. I do know that taking this article point blank, word for word, as an objectively true and necessary outlook on life is very dangerous.
- angersock 13y agoI'm generally of the opinion that the more people you love, the more people you can love--it's a skill like any other. I think it's a shame that more people don't try to get to know others better; everyone has a life and a history, and it's quite fascinating to hear the stories of how another has come to intersect your path in life. The trend that distresses me most, though, is that we've forsaken modeling people (which is bad) to instead simply bowing to statistics to do our reasoning for us (which is worse). Treating people as knowable agents using a flawed model is still more respectful of the human condition than saying "Well, they tend to do this given that, so, um, yeah." People are not robots, but they also sure as hell aren't dice.