What bothered me the most was- ''We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions...'' ''We''? Also I do not see ''stone age emotions'' as negative, we may need more of those and less ''civilization''.
2020-05-03 19:51 GMT-04:00, Robert Schaller <[email protected]>: > I just read a story in the Thousand and One Nights, in which a prince > survives many disasters in which others die, and was judged blameless > because "so it was written." I thought, that's an awfully convenient thing > to be able to say if you happen to be one of those on top already! > > Then I read Fransisco's criticism of Wilson, and find similar words in his > objection. This feels almost like a dream, this time we're in. It seems to > affirm the rather evocative description of the human condition in what Gene > actually quoted from Wilson. Time and life have become dreamlike, and the > world notably chaotic. I talked to a friend on the phone the other day, and > felt like I had just seen him, in person -- but, no, it had only been a > video conference. Even though I know I've been home for almost two months, > I had to think about it! > > And I am grateful for Francisco's criticism, for it prodded me to at least > minimally read more about E.O Wilson, whom I had really only known as a > name. While I don't see it in this particular quotation, he lays out what > seems like a reasonable line of criticism. > >> On May 2, 2020, at 11:21 PM, Francisco Torres <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> It seems harsh to put the responsability of our current situation on >> all of humanity when actually it is the product of decisions taken >> since ancient times by those in power and not by anything like ''human >> nature''. If today the Amazon burns and African rainforest are razen >> it is because decisions taken in boardrooms and presidential palaces >> and, if we want to go further back, when Columbus and Da Gama got >> money and ships to ''discover'' America and Africa... >> >> But that is a political view of history, one that seems to be rapidly >> being replaced by others like the one created by Mr. Edward O. Wilson, >> Sociobiology. In Sociobiology we humans have no other choice but to >> compete against each other without any hope of ever getting out of the >> systems of control and explotation created by the state and capital. >> After all it is our genes who are on the driver seat, selfish genes >> who only care for their replication. So why despair about domination >> and destruction of all of nature then? A very useful ideology to >> those sitting at the top of the heap because it makes them feel better >> by liberating them of responsability and for the rest of us who expect >> to accept the rule power as the only possible way of living. ''Dont >> worry, if it is just the way of nature, the strong survive and the >> weak perish, either on the forest or the stock market''. That sounds >> just like the words the priestly caste have been feeding us since >> Babylon. >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> <https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks> > > > >>> “Humanity today <http://airmail.calendar/2020-02-20%2012:00:00%20MST> is >>> like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the >>> chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place >>> and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age >>> emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. We thrash about. >>> We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger >>> to ourselves and to the rest of life.” >>> ~ Edward O. Wilson >>> > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
