[cbcoutinho]

I'd argue that the ability to unite people by assigning meaning onto things, places, and ideas is the single reason why humans have been so successful in advancing civilization to where it is today.

Edit: eschew -> assign

[slver]

That's precisely the problem. It's very useful, when it's useful. Which leaves us spinning in circles when it's not.

[3grdlurker]

It would be impossible for you to say this (circular) sentence and call something a “problem” if you didn’t think that there was some basis of right/wrong, which contradicts your top-level comment.

[slver]

See, this shouldn't cause a deep sorrowful void within me, but it does.

[selfsimilar]

Pedant note: eschew means ‘to go without’. You probably meant ‘assigning’.

[cbcoutinho]

Whoops, thanks

[papito]

Sure, but now it's actually DE-volving our society in form of QAnon and religious "interpretations", and technology here is not blameless in the least.