Michael - while reading this I had two thoughts, first was Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and second was that of a rubber band.
For the rubber band thought, it sort of came to mind that how historically as people went away from nature stretching the rubber band ever further, to the point that the rubber band would then snap back and we as a culture would return to a bit of normality closer to what it was like before the stretching occurred.
However today I feel like the rubber band has stretched so far that perhaps it has now snapped apart, having been weakened by all of the past stretchings. Just like in the Time Machine when Rod Taylor, playing HG Wells, destroys the Morlocks thereby snapping the rubber band and now the Eloi were going to have to start over again and fend for themselves.
Playing out the rubber band breaking, are the current day Morlocks (the elite) stretching the rubber band to the point of breaking and we - the Eloi, going to wind up starting all over again?
At least in the Time Machine, the time traveler had a 'Great Book' to re-learn from. All attempts today are trying to destroy that 'Great Book'...
I struggle a bit with the Eloi/Morlocks comparison, mainly because it seems the Eloi really do little to nothing wih their time but enjoy life (which I would love to be free to do) and the Morlocks are the ones who work. I realize the Eloi are just food for the Morlocks waiting to devour them, which is what the left desires for us, but the people high on the ladder are the ones who don't work and expect us to do all the work to feed them. I just can't seem to get past this. What am I missing?
Plato, Euclid, and Newton's theories are likely to be discarded when humans find themselves successfully working with metaphysis and quantum physics. We are about to enter a wild new world - or return to barbarism.
Michael, perhaps those "friends" are just jealous of your ability, determination and zest for life?
The other issue maybe something as simple as introvert vs extrovert. That need for an introvert to seek solitude to rest and revive, compared to the extrovert, who seek the company of others for their "shot" of energy? Each side has trouble understanding what the other side needs to rejuvenate.
Michael - while reading this I had two thoughts, first was Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and second was that of a rubber band.
For the rubber band thought, it sort of came to mind that how historically as people went away from nature stretching the rubber band ever further, to the point that the rubber band would then snap back and we as a culture would return to a bit of normality closer to what it was like before the stretching occurred.
However today I feel like the rubber band has stretched so far that perhaps it has now snapped apart, having been weakened by all of the past stretchings. Just like in the Time Machine when Rod Taylor, playing HG Wells, destroys the Morlocks thereby snapping the rubber band and now the Eloi were going to have to start over again and fend for themselves.
Playing out the rubber band breaking, are the current day Morlocks (the elite) stretching the rubber band to the point of breaking and we - the Eloi, going to wind up starting all over again?
At least in the Time Machine, the time traveler had a 'Great Book' to re-learn from. All attempts today are trying to destroy that 'Great Book'...
My 2 cents.
Your hobbies are much closer to nature while theirs are synthetic human inventions.
I struggle a bit with the Eloi/Morlocks comparison, mainly because it seems the Eloi really do little to nothing wih their time but enjoy life (which I would love to be free to do) and the Morlocks are the ones who work. I realize the Eloi are just food for the Morlocks waiting to devour them, which is what the left desires for us, but the people high on the ladder are the ones who don't work and expect us to do all the work to feed them. I just can't seem to get past this. What am I missing?
You aren't. My point here was just that knowledge and savagery are not mutually exclusive.
You are absolutely right about that. Thanks for the response!
Plato, Euclid, and Newton's theories are likely to be discarded when humans find themselves successfully working with metaphysis and quantum physics. We are about to enter a wild new world - or return to barbarism.
Michael, perhaps those "friends" are just jealous of your ability, determination and zest for life?
The other issue maybe something as simple as introvert vs extrovert. That need for an introvert to seek solitude to rest and revive, compared to the extrovert, who seek the company of others for their "shot" of energy? Each side has trouble understanding what the other side needs to rejuvenate.