| Your task is to create a lasting representation of the struggle and beauty and plight of the human race. Your task is to bring meaningful, sustainable, and relevant hope and quality of life improvement to society. We can get more low-value tasks per unit of time now, thanks to technology. Unfortunately, there's something of our essential humanity that tech has robbed. We pay lip service to the fact that tech has made these tasks easier and faster to do and that we are now freed to use more time engaging meaningful life. Instead, we are either so information weary, addicted to tech, or just disconnected from that essence that we don't use this free time well. We're tired, lazy, disconnected, and addicted. Our ability to think critically across a range of disciplines has been broadly compromised. So I'd rather just keep my thermostat at 67, balance my ledgers manually, plan for seasonally appropriate weather and adapt to change, go to the theater with my family and/or friends, and maybe write a book. The only compelling application of technology is synchronizing financial assessments. Otherwise, I think I'd be happier if I wasn't addicted. |
I'd be curious as to your opinion on the shape of this curve in history. Did we peak at some date in history? Perpetual downward slope? Perpetual upward slope?