Quote: (10-17-2016 08:20 AM)klosck Wrote:
According to the esoteric concept of Polarity, anything that brings a benefit, also carries an equal and opposite downside. This also applies to technology. Try to think of any technological innovation which this doesn't apply to: cars pollute , computers make us more sedentary, etc etc
If this is true, then it might also be true that Society doesn't decline or progress based on technology alone. Rather the real factors of progress are determined by changes in human consciousness.
Modern medicine saves lives, but ultimately leads to the weakening of the gene pool.
Hard drugs (which are, in fact, a technology) make you feel good, but cause addiction and other social problems.
The "esoteric concept of polarity." That's what I was getting at in this thread. I didn't realize it had a name.