Every so often, I come across something which makes me feel a certain way. That something is this. That way is best described as follows:
Thousands of years from now, historians (in a more enlightened society, one can only hope) will look back on our time with disdain and pity, for our countless fellow people allowed to suffer due to war, poverty, famine, persecution of various kinds, curable disease, &c. They will find Locke's Natural Rights of Man and wonder how a civilization like ours, with all of our understanding, our might and technological prowess, our impressive wealth, allowed these atrocities to continue. They will undoubtedly find something which is to them like our rosetta stone, something which unlocks an understanding of this phenomenon, something which makes our misguided priorities clear, and they will be ashamed to be born from us.
Yeah, Mark Pilgrim should have used his considerable power to influence geopolitics; rather than highlighting some interesting element of design he could have helped end war or famine!
(Sorry for the snark, but these arguments (along with "Why aren't all scientists ending cancer?" annoy me a lot))
Nothing against Mark Pilgrim, I just felt like sharing the way reading this made me feel. I can't explain to you why some things do this, it's a rare occurrence.
Thousands of years from now, historians (in a more enlightened society, one can only hope) will look back on our time with disdain and pity, for our countless fellow people allowed to suffer due to war, poverty, famine, persecution of various kinds, curable disease, &c. They will find Locke's Natural Rights of Man and wonder how a civilization like ours, with all of our understanding, our might and technological prowess, our impressive wealth, allowed these atrocities to continue. They will undoubtedly find something which is to them like our rosetta stone, something which unlocks an understanding of this phenomenon, something which makes our misguided priorities clear, and they will be ashamed to be born from us.
But yeah man, cool ampersands!