Re:Is Civilization Overrated?
by candiodari on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @08:00AM
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If history has proven one thing it's that optimizing for maximum dollar production and optimizing for the maximum number of humans is the same thing.
Also as to the basic question: having visited almost-pre-civilization villages in Africa. Yes. No doubt whatsoever. Civilization is absolutely worth it.
How so ?
Re:Is Civilization Overrated?
by Accipitriform on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:08PM
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Hobbes put it best:
"No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
Isn't it our species' imperative to create as many happy and healthy humans as we can manage? Part of the problem is that we have instead optimized most of civilization for maximum dollar production.
When we can figure out how to build health and happiness (or rather: emotional well-being) into the goals of our society, we will finally get past this semi-intellectual hand-wringing about the mythical Noble Savage and his perfect life we cast aside.