As far as our survival in the long run you mean as a species? I would certainly agree with that. Advancements in technology have rendered survival of the fittest obsolete. so individual survival rates may have increased but not overall with the increase in population. I don't think survival is really what makes life worth living though.
Well, maybe we aren't better off in the future I mean. Things don't look good, with the environmental unbalances we've created. Our technology isn't the problem, but simply our misjudgment over the last 100 years or so. Should have said that a little differently.
Survival isn't important to a good life I agree. Food water and shelter and a few basics are all that is really correlated with a happiness increase, so that is what I base my 'better off' judgement on.
also good points. I think we could add the social aspect to things correlated with happiness. It's my personal opinion that social networking/texting has actually done more harm than good in this area. People don't really meet in person and become friends very often anymore. besides getting a new job or if you're still in school. It's so much different being with someone in person rather than reading their text. Know what I mean?
I hear you. Technology is ingrained in many of us now. Maybe it is a step towards a large interconnected brain, where everyone is part-machine or something. The next step in our social evolution perhaps.
Maybe we've left a lot of nice things behind as time will always have us do.
are we better off now than 200 years ago
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As far as our survival in the long run you mean as a species? I would certainly agree with that. Advancements in technology have rendered survival of the fittest obsolete. so individual survival rates may have increased but not overall with the increase in population. I don't think survival is really what makes life worth living though.
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Well, maybe we aren't better off in the future I mean. Things don't look good, with the environmental unbalances we've created. Our technology isn't the problem, but simply our misjudgment over the last 100 years or so. Should have said that a little differently.
Survival isn't important to a good life I agree. Food water and shelter and a few basics are all that is really correlated with a happiness increase, so that is what I base my 'better off' judgement on.
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also good points. I think we could add the social aspect to things correlated with happiness. It's my personal opinion that social networking/texting has actually done more harm than good in this area. People don't really meet in person and become friends very often anymore. besides getting a new job or if you're still in school. It's so much different being with someone in person rather than reading their text. Know what I mean?
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I hear you. Technology is ingrained in many of us now. Maybe it is a step towards a large interconnected brain, where everyone is part-machine or something. The next step in our social evolution perhaps.
Maybe we've left a lot of nice things behind as time will always have us do.