tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post651741801432821718..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Quotation of the DayLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-23754179390424477562008-10-14T14:29:00.000-06:002008-10-14T14:29:00.000-06:00The Machine Stops. E. M. Forster, 1909.<A HREF="http://brighton.ncsa.uiuc.edu/prajlich/forster.html" REL="nofollow">The Machine Stops</A>. E. M. Forster, 1909.RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-85858717498921216122008-10-14T06:23:00.000-06:002008-10-14T06:23:00.000-06:00Huh, like with "Skynet," it like took over everyth...Huh, like with "Skynet," it like took over everything in Terminator movie. Or HAL 9000. But this is just stories.<BR/> This fear of technology is depressing, cos without it, we don't have much. Now me, for example, i compare what i seen in me life- a one might say 'backwards' country against a technological society and i know which one i want, thanks. Technology trashes the need for god, we did the god stuff ourselves, we make our own fate.<BR/> So how come then people are freaking out about technology- and yet wouldn't survive 5 days in a country without it? This is what we are telling by the meaning of stupidism maybe.<BR/> What's me basic idea then? It's linked to what Gene Rodenberry heavily implies as the basis for his view of the future; that human persons is smart enough as a species to resolve issues like poverty through technology. The rest, racism, war and of course religion- that's part of our social progress which is part of our faith in a better future where technology replaces the empty miracles of religion with the wonders of realizing our destiny amidst the stars. I got no interest in anything other than total belief in technology as the engine of a cleaner, pristine , nicely cut STAR TREK like world.<BR/> JasmineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com