Saturday, September 09, 2006
Technology and Human Nature
Technology, propelled by the coldness of intellect. The analytical and synthetic reasoning powers that the sciences use.
Human Nature, unfolding through time at a relatively slow rate compared to technology. Ruled by the psychic processes of the soul. Sensation, intuition, thinking and feeling. Extroverted and introverted both present themselves in a steady state of realization.
When you fall behind technologically, a predicament I have found myself in the past few years, as in I had no cell phone, no digital music, no Tivo, you feel disoriented and slightly out of place. It's as if there is a disconnect between yourself and the society at large.
But in this state, you simply are perceived to be slow. Not with it. Out of sync.
The worse state, in my estimation, is to be disconnected from Nature at large. Ignorant of the spring and fall equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices. Ignorant of the waxing and waning moon. A lack of walking through wet grass barefoot is much more damaging to the soul than not having the cookies on your computer activated.
So, I suppose lack of technology effects you socially, while a disconnect of Nature at large effects you personally.
Technology, propelled by the coldness of intellect. The analytical and synthetic reasoning powers that the sciences use.
Human Nature, unfolding through time at a relatively slow rate compared to technology. Ruled by the psychic processes of the soul. Sensation, intuition, thinking and feeling. Extroverted and introverted both present themselves in a steady state of realization.
When you fall behind technologically, a predicament I have found myself in the past few years, as in I had no cell phone, no digital music, no Tivo, you feel disoriented and slightly out of place. It's as if there is a disconnect between yourself and the society at large.
But in this state, you simply are perceived to be slow. Not with it. Out of sync.
The worse state, in my estimation, is to be disconnected from Nature at large. Ignorant of the spring and fall equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices. Ignorant of the waxing and waning moon. A lack of walking through wet grass barefoot is much more damaging to the soul than not having the cookies on your computer activated.
So, I suppose lack of technology effects you socially, while a disconnect of Nature at large effects you personally.
