A friend asked me to defend technology in two tweets. Curious for critiques, or your own version. Here's mine: Society survives or dies based on its ability to sustainably grow the pie. Without a growing pie, there’s a winner for every loser, and we engage in zero sum conflict.
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They're not mutually exclusive, but the rise of moral progress comes from the abundance made possible by technology.
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I completely disagree!
The point of moral progress is that it’s not dependent on technology.
(Tech can definitely help, though, by creating living conditions where people have the luxury to contemplate and realize this) - Još 2 druga odgovora
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What’s moral progress and what are the markers for its progression? I feel like you have a point to make but Jesus and Gandhi aren’t the right stacks to build it on.
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I’m referring to moral progress as an inner (psychological/spiritual) phenomenon that the all-time greats achieved without reliance on technology. Buddha may be a better example than Gandhi in this case, since one couldn’t argue Gandhi didn’t benefit from printing press etc
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A requisite of moral progress is the absence of scarcity, whether real or perceived.
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On a population scale perhaps, but not on an individual one. If tech is required for moral progress, then people are can’t be expected to “take responsibility for their lives” and “bootstrap,” because those are moral notions! Moral failure would imply tech failure.
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You can solve this conundrum with a small tweak: instead of technology, you can call it progress or good ideas. Or you can fold moral progress into technology if you underpin morality through science (Eg, evolutionary psychology). Either way, it’s broadly the same point.
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I’m not sure I understand! Could you break it down a bit?
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Are you saying Gandhi is more progressive than Jesus?
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