NEET 06/18/2023 (Sun) 22:29 No.716750 del
As we become more and more technologically advanced, we end up as slaves of our own inventions. We create problems just so we can solve them. It is not hard to imagine the life of a man 200 000 years ago compared to that of a modern man. Back then, we lived as nature had intended, survival and reproduction being the only things of importance. Today, nearly every human has a countless number of worries on their mind, most of which are not directly related to continued survival and procreation. Yes, we might live twice as long today as we did before, but does that truly matter when we have built up such an immunity towards deriving happiness from simple things? It seems life has become more stressful, as we have become more advanced. That is the true meaning of this meme; that we, deep down, never wanted to take control of our own fate in the way we have. It tells us that by surrounding ourselves with our own creations instead of Mother Nature’s, we have missed our chance at a simple, joyous life. We have long since passed the point of no return. There is nothing that could convince the modern human to go back to a time where the most complex technology was a blunt rock, when we already busy finding new things to problematise so that we can solve them for a brief sense of superiority over our past selves until we eventually take our newfound inventions for granted again and the cycle begins anew.