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October 2009 
Homo Insciens, Part 2: They who forgot their body
Posted on Aug 24th, 2009
by 
Daroy
Daroy
Homo insciens has a morbid tendency to increase their dependence on technology. Every new invention that replaces or supports one of their body functions is greeted and adopted with uncritical delight. Slowly but surely people lose their body's wonderful natural ability to protect itself, to move about, to perceive its environment, even to reflect and imagine and create.
Just a few examples: automobiles, sunglasses, skin milks, lifts, remote controls, calculators, books made into films.
How tragic that many people's leg muscles become atrophied and their bellies fat because they drive everywhere in their car and think it's primitive to walk or bike - and then they use expensive gym centres (another technological crutch) to 'get into shape'!
How sad that we often destroy our skin's natural defence against light and microorganisms by wearing sunglasses and using aggressive skin lotions and shower gels much too often!
How stupid that so many intelligent men and women resort to an electronic calculator for even the simplest operation, lulling their brain into increasing laziness and making themselves dependent on a primitive machine!
How tragic that most kids have stopped reading the ingenious Harry Potter books since these stories have appeared on screen where every detail is imagined for them, where every opportunity to let one's own mind re-create Mrs Rowling's loving, exciting, and detailed descriptions is lost!
I'm not against the fruits of technology per se, but we should stay alert and avoid becoming enslaved by our own helpers. Use them if you must - avoid them if you can!
picture: degenerated humans aboard the spaceship "Axiom" (from Pixar's "WALL·E")
Just a few examples: automobiles, sunglasses, skin milks, lifts, remote controls, calculators, books made into films.
How tragic that many people's leg muscles become atrophied and their bellies fat because they drive everywhere in their car and think it's primitive to walk or bike - and then they use expensive gym centres (another technological crutch) to 'get into shape'!
How sad that we often destroy our skin's natural defence against light and microorganisms by wearing sunglasses and using aggressive skin lotions and shower gels much too often!
How stupid that so many intelligent men and women resort to an electronic calculator for even the simplest operation, lulling their brain into increasing laziness and making themselves dependent on a primitive machine!
How tragic that most kids have stopped reading the ingenious Harry Potter books since these stories have appeared on screen where every detail is imagined for them, where every opportunity to let one's own mind re-create Mrs Rowling's loving, exciting, and detailed descriptions is lost!
I'm not against the fruits of technology per se, but we should stay alert and avoid becoming enslaved by our own helpers. Use them if you must - avoid them if you can!
picture: degenerated humans aboard the spaceship "Axiom" (from Pixar's "WALL·E")
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