On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We must make a "human use of human beings" as N. Weiner put it. The > problem is that the scope of human uses for human beings is getting > narrower and narrower. > > No we musn'nt. Humans, standing alone, are organisms with a relation to the natural world that is as purposeful as any other organism's relation to the natural world. "Human use of humans" is merely double-talk for the "purpose" of forming multicellular agglomerations without the time-space bounds set by sex-death. Those who find it appealing to be a mere asexual cell acting as part of such a whole have lost the meaning of sex and therefore the value of death. > The problem was masterfully laid out by Orwell in "The Road to Wigan Pier" > (referenced above). Here is how I would describe it: > > When only a person can do a task, and no machine is capable of it, is is > ennobling work. It gives purpose and meaning to life. When a machine can do > it far more cheaper, faster and better than a human, that same task then > becomes worse than slavery. > This is the problem of sustainability as a delicate balance between resilience and efficiency. See this video for a description of the relevance to theories of economic efficiency<http://www.tedxberlin.de/tedxberlin-2009-bernard-lietaer-why-this-crisis> .
