tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post4717664970554921195..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: Embrace Your DivinityCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-30774419404417421352008-11-04T02:20:00.000-08:002008-11-04T02:20:00.000-08:00Crushed. You OD’d on Arthur C Clark again didn’t y...Crushed. You OD’d on Arthur C Clark again didn’t you.<br><br>I figure it’s a better bet our ancestors for most of pre-history saw things in terms of every thing, and place, had a spirit. And it was all on quite a human scale. The spirits were not so different to us, just more immaterial. They needed stuff/favours from us and we needed stuff/favours from us. A bit of quid pro quo.<br><br>I bet humans came up with the idea of the big gods and monotheism, as society became more complex. It helps control the people. Like they were conned into the “merely” human stuff and they “should not question”, stuff by the ones who wanted to be in charge.<br><br>As for the ancestors ashamed of their pedigree as mere animals. I guess in this case you mean our great, great, grandparents, or maybe some of them at least. <br><br>Also is it really to our credit that we evolved? Wasn’t this a long series of dice rolls where the best results for the existing conditions were selected for. We would not be here if we had not.<br><br>And you are talking down the idea of god earlier in the post. But then you invoke him. And it is a him you invoke, not a her.<br><br>I do agree we should take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. But I think it is a bit like a case of “Look after the pounds and the pennies look after themselves”. <br><br>Look after the individuals and you automatically look after all. Start thinking collectively and you tend loose sight of the individual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-58451837273508324562008-11-04T08:01:00.000-08:002008-11-04T08:01:00.000-08:00I mostly agree with moggs tigerpaw here. but i do...I mostly agree with moggs tigerpaw here. but i do think the hyper-individualism of America (and to only a teensy but lesser extent Canada) has come at a great cost, and ironically isolated the individual into a lonely little corner with his headphones and his nine, scared of the big bad world out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com