Explaining why you should buy the best iPod
March 4th 2007 18:43
Hey,
following the conclusions of the last post on wisdom, i had to write something defending technology, because it is vital to the achievement of what i presented. It might be quite suspect that i defend technology since i'm an MSc. in engineering (i think you can imagine "these akward beings..."), but anyway, i'll try to be as convincent as possible..
Well, this subject is quite complicated because i rarely see western philosophy defending it in these last centuries. Existentialists don't like it, Heidegger despise it (the guy lived in a hut his hole life...), 21st century humanists like Focault and all don't defend it neither..only positivits liked technology, but i have plenty of disagreements with them too, so i won't mention them to avoid misinterpretation...
Ok so, attacking the idea.
The thing is: since we're trying to get closer to be like god, to have as much power as him, one of the best supports we have is using technology. People allways defend science and art, which are important too, but they tend to despise technology, which i think is the application of our science in the quest for power over "real".
Science and technology are 2 things related. They depend on one another to develop, and they give men a bit of the 3 things he wants to have. These 3 things, as said in the last Winsdom post, are onmipresence, omnipotence and omniscience (i thank christians that syntetised this so well..).
Science gives men knowledge over "real" (omniscience). Technology gives men power over "real" (omniprecence and omnipotence).
You can see from this last paragraph that technology doesn't make us slaves of it. One might say we're becoming dependent on technology. We've been "depent" on technology since men created the wheel, there are plenty of people nowadays who are able to live thanks to technology, etc. I mean, you can allways say we're "depent" on it, but is it a bad thing?
Technology (and art) are the best materialisations of how men can dominate "real" and do what he wants from it. Nobody speaks about the techniques men use in art. If it weren't for these techniques (some of them came directly from technology...) people like Picasso or Kubrick wouldn't be able to model "real" in the way they did.
That's why i defend that, if you like music, you should buy the best iPod you find, and don't feel ashamed thinking you're a "consumist". The thing is, as long as you buy the thing for it's purpose, it means you're trying to get more power over "real", you're trying to get closer to be God.
Please remark that the phrase in italic on the last paragraph puts out of the group those people who buy stuff not for its purpose, but for any other reason (normally this reason is ostentation). Ostentation has an explanation for existence, but this gets more to psycology, and i need a post on psycology to get to explain these things...
Hehe, that's it! Just to remenber myself of some possible subjects for posts:
- science, art, technique, technology
- psycology, the reflection of the other as a way to feel more powerfull (not to be)
- ostentation
See ya. Thanks for your reading. Uula
following the conclusions of the last post on wisdom, i had to write something defending technology, because it is vital to the achievement of what i presented. It might be quite suspect that i defend technology since i'm an MSc. in engineering (i think you can imagine "these akward beings..."), but anyway, i'll try to be as convincent as possible..
Well, this subject is quite complicated because i rarely see western philosophy defending it in these last centuries. Existentialists don't like it, Heidegger despise it (the guy lived in a hut his hole life...), 21st century humanists like Focault and all don't defend it neither..only positivits liked technology, but i have plenty of disagreements with them too, so i won't mention them to avoid misinterpretation...
Ok so, attacking the idea.
The thing is: since we're trying to get closer to be like god, to have as much power as him, one of the best supports we have is using technology. People allways defend science and art, which are important too, but they tend to despise technology, which i think is the application of our science in the quest for power over "real".
Science and technology are 2 things related. They depend on one another to develop, and they give men a bit of the 3 things he wants to have. These 3 things, as said in the last Winsdom post, are onmipresence, omnipotence and omniscience (i thank christians that syntetised this so well..).
Science gives men knowledge over "real" (omniscience). Technology gives men power over "real" (omniprecence and omnipotence).
You can see from this last paragraph that technology doesn't make us slaves of it. One might say we're becoming dependent on technology. We've been "depent" on technology since men created the wheel, there are plenty of people nowadays who are able to live thanks to technology, etc. I mean, you can allways say we're "depent" on it, but is it a bad thing?
Technology (and art) are the best materialisations of how men can dominate "real" and do what he wants from it. Nobody speaks about the techniques men use in art. If it weren't for these techniques (some of them came directly from technology...) people like Picasso or Kubrick wouldn't be able to model "real" in the way they did.
That's why i defend that, if you like music, you should buy the best iPod you find, and don't feel ashamed thinking you're a "consumist". The thing is, as long as you buy the thing for it's purpose, it means you're trying to get more power over "real", you're trying to get closer to be God.
Please remark that the phrase in italic on the last paragraph puts out of the group those people who buy stuff not for its purpose, but for any other reason (normally this reason is ostentation). Ostentation has an explanation for existence, but this gets more to psycology, and i need a post on psycology to get to explain these things...
Hehe, that's it! Just to remenber myself of some possible subjects for posts:
- science, art, technique, technology
- psycology, the reflection of the other as a way to feel more powerfull (not to be)
- ostentation
See ya. Thanks for your reading. Uula
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