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In article <sdecont2-0205951350570001@47.73.4.48>,
Dmitry Nekrasovski <sdecont2@bnr.ca> wrote:

<deletia>

>
>The problem with the humanity in general right now is that its existence
>has no underlying purpose. We have been unable to achieve prosperity for
>everyone
>simply because it's human to create a power structure for anything that
>affects a large enough group of people (case in point: this group and His
>Royally Screwed Up Majesty King Stu :-)), and those who have power are
>easily
>corrupted by it into leaving most of what they have to distribute for
>themselves. The state of our science and technology might be impressive
>as  compared to what it had been several hundred years ago, but the
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>majority of
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>people on this planet don't contribute anything to it or get any feedback from
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>it. Culturally, no one is trying to achieve anything but differentiation from
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>the artifacts of the past, which inevitably leads them to copy the worst from
>the same artifacts (lots of examples in literature, music, cinematography)
>Etc., etc., etc.

I must respectfully disagree, oh disillusioned one.
Perhaps these might jog your memory:
TV
microwaves
automobiles
electricity
radio
flight
penicillin

The way I see it, every aspect of life presently is conncected in some form
with science and technology.  Without S&T, I would not be able to read and
respond to your message in this forum.

>
>Space exploration might provide some common purpose for the humanity. Then
>again, history is supposed to repeat itself, and so it might not.
>

History repeats itself much more readily upon the uneducated.

>-- 
>-> "I am a seeker of truth, though I do not know what truth is."
>-> "I suspect there are many truths, and therefore do not trust
>-> "anyone who claims his is the only one." 
>->  Louis L'Amour
>->
>-> "I come from downtown,"
>-> "Born ready for you,"
>-> "Armed with will and determination,"
>-> "And grace, too"
>->  The Tragically Hip
>-> 
>-> Dmitry Nekrasovski    
>->
>-> sdecont2@bnr.ca


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