Comment When it ends empires fall (Score 1) 191
If ecconomic success ends empires have a nasty tendency to fall. That is what is rather bad. Technology can impact our lives in small ways but only within the boundaries of what man thinks of as a tool and how he relates to his tools.
If you really look at it my life will never change as long as I think of tools a certain way. I oftentimes think of tools as a power medium and as a means unto themselves. Quite nice.
A very relevent corrolary is with Richard M. Stallman who has some rather interesting ideas about emacs being the focus of a religion (I do have to admit it works quite well although not to the level of a religious experience).
If our progress falls so too does our empire. Humanity could exist but it would be broken, fragmented, and generally not a nice place to live in. A good look at this is in the series The Gunslinger by the author Steven King. He weaves a nice tale about what a potential world would look like when technology and it's advances start to fail. Essentially all people fall into a feudalistic framework and have difficulty in regaining their former power because of a vicious cycle.
If you really look at it my life will never change as long as I think of tools a certain way. I oftentimes think of tools as a power medium and as a means unto themselves. Quite nice.
A very relevent corrolary is with Richard M. Stallman who has some rather interesting ideas about emacs being the focus of a religion (I do have to admit it works quite well although not to the level of a religious experience).
If our progress falls so too does our empire. Humanity could exist but it would be broken, fragmented, and generally not a nice place to live in. A good look at this is in the series The Gunslinger by the author Steven King. He weaves a nice tale about what a potential world would look like when technology and it's advances start to fail. Essentially all people fall into a feudalistic framework and have difficulty in regaining their former power because of a vicious cycle.
