@wilderness_font141: It is not crazy to assume that pre-industrial societies allowed much more personal freedom than modern society does. It was the industrial revolution that made people dependant on vast institutions (e.g corporations, governments and other technological infrastructure), which impose rules and shape human behaviour. In the past, people had more freedom precisely because life was steered by cooperation in families and small communities, not technological systems and bureaucracies. As technology becomes more and more complex, societies must become increasingly organized and regulated. This leads to the erosion of autonomy because it is human behaviour that must be modified to fit the needs of the system, not vice versa. The technological-system is only obedient to technical necessity, it is an autonomous system with its own internal logic. One may enjoy greater comfort and material abundance, but one will feel completely powerless over the conditions of one's own life. #141 #fyp #tedk #modernsociety #savenature

Meow :

"we didn't domesticate the wheat, the wheat domesticated us"

ous :

worst era to live in

TP :

What I love about this era is that healthcare has improved so much. Technology like phones and computers allows me to read, listen to music, or write down my thoughts. Society doesn’t care about me that much either, and by that, I mean I can be alone without people constantly noseying into my business. There are plenty of places to visit that people like me actually enjoy. And, of course, AI like gemini, whom I chat with all the time. And yes, everything I just mentioned makes this era feel like absolute heaven... if I were rich and had money. But imagine being just an ordinary, working-class person. Life just becomes this endless loop of: wake up > work > go home > sleep. I won't say it's inherently good or bad, but it is a highly stressful way to live, probably one of the most stressful in human history. You can literally see so many people nowadays suffering from depression or committing suicide. And don't even get me started on the issues of consumerism. Capitalism does drive technology forward quickly because of competition. It’s great for development, but we all know the truth one of the main reasons people get depressed and take their own lives is the hyper-competition, which breeds immense stress. Have humans just become gears in a system to develop the country, or are we just serving the elites? I don't know much about what those elites actually do, I just have a lot of questions. It’s also quite a bad joke when you see some rich people telling everyone to "do this" or "do that." Like, come on... they act as if failing and bouncing back is just as easy for us as it is for them. Many wealthy people start with a massive head start from birth like having rich parents and a safety net that protects them from heavy losses, allowing them to try and fail at so many things without ruining their lives.

. :

it all started with the agricultural culture revolution

casper+ :

industrial revolution destroyed everything

Dorian🪽⚡ :

We were never meant to live like this...

reuben🌍🌲 :

i don’t want to die. but i don’t want to live like this

Allen the GOAT :

literally the best era to live in

Arthur Sylvan🌲 :

And again, notice how these type of videos never go viral

scionix :

Marx spoke of all of this in much greater depth hundreds of years ago

danny 🇱🇹 :

caleb :) :

he'd be livid if he saw the advancements of AI

nature.enjoyerᛉ :

Can I use the quote in one of my vids?

ET :

saint ted save us

✞byronium.strnes.328✞ :

It is only the system of capitalism that has forced the illusion that technological advancement is a bad thing. In another life, the same machines we have can do our jobs and free us of having to do work, but in this life our survival is dependant on the work that machinery replaces.

remilian :

Wouldn’t this mean that making AI work for you is good?

Salvador :