- 26 Mar 2012 10:06
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...I reserve the right to make opaque ponderations. This is about drive, intelligence, and the futility of both.
Life is funny. You're born, you're exposed to an avalanche of sensory information, you sort, you categorize, you come to understand the world around you. You've developed this ability in order to survive. Over 3 billion years of evolution on this planet have produced that unique ability. But over time, the levels of complexity of the real world are exposed. Black and white conceptions that once made things simple no longer make sense -- things inevitably become, or are, more complex than we originally imagined. Is our entire life consumed with the attempt to understand things that are too complex for us to understand? There is no life in the universe that could comprehend the multitude of interactions of matter and energy that occur within it. So is our whole venture worth anything more than our own perpetual survival? And what is that worth, if we remain mired in the regressive, dogmatic, traditional ideas of our forefathers? And what is it worth, even if we are capable of extending the boundaries of human knowledge, pushing away ideas that were considered obvious, and drawing closer to ones that are considered outrageous?
This is the foundation behind my political motivation. I think... if there is anything most important about human interaction, it is the way that we organize ourselves as a unit, or not. It is the way that we choose to congregate, or not. It is the way that we choose to interact that will determine whether and how we survive on the long term, as a species. So what more important, influential, and noble goal is there than to attempt to unite us as a single human species, dedicated to the improvement of ourselves? We are entering a period where it will be determined whether we fight along sectional lines or whether the people of the world begin to identify with each other, and not with their elite leaders. The former view has been the prominent one in the past, but will it continue to be the case? Does anyone know the answer?
I believe in furthering human existence. I believe in fighting for our future and securing our future as a human species. But on the other hand I understand that ultimately, I will die. Human life is transitory, I am transitory, the Earth is transitory, matter itself might be transitory. So the futility of this venture is unquestionable... ultimately. In the meantime, there is literally nothing else for me to do.
Thoughts?
Life is funny. You're born, you're exposed to an avalanche of sensory information, you sort, you categorize, you come to understand the world around you. You've developed this ability in order to survive. Over 3 billion years of evolution on this planet have produced that unique ability. But over time, the levels of complexity of the real world are exposed. Black and white conceptions that once made things simple no longer make sense -- things inevitably become, or are, more complex than we originally imagined. Is our entire life consumed with the attempt to understand things that are too complex for us to understand? There is no life in the universe that could comprehend the multitude of interactions of matter and energy that occur within it. So is our whole venture worth anything more than our own perpetual survival? And what is that worth, if we remain mired in the regressive, dogmatic, traditional ideas of our forefathers? And what is it worth, even if we are capable of extending the boundaries of human knowledge, pushing away ideas that were considered obvious, and drawing closer to ones that are considered outrageous?
This is the foundation behind my political motivation. I think... if there is anything most important about human interaction, it is the way that we organize ourselves as a unit, or not. It is the way that we choose to congregate, or not. It is the way that we choose to interact that will determine whether and how we survive on the long term, as a species. So what more important, influential, and noble goal is there than to attempt to unite us as a single human species, dedicated to the improvement of ourselves? We are entering a period where it will be determined whether we fight along sectional lines or whether the people of the world begin to identify with each other, and not with their elite leaders. The former view has been the prominent one in the past, but will it continue to be the case? Does anyone know the answer?
I believe in furthering human existence. I believe in fighting for our future and securing our future as a human species. But on the other hand I understand that ultimately, I will die. Human life is transitory, I am transitory, the Earth is transitory, matter itself might be transitory. So the futility of this venture is unquestionable... ultimately. In the meantime, there is literally nothing else for me to do.
Thoughts?
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