29 May

The only alternative to catastrophe for human progress (catastrophes create most meaningful human progress) is to BUILD things. We have this bizarre idea that progress comes from people talking to each other. That can only lead to status rivalry, disagreement and violence. Building things stabilises social life as well as creating the material conditions of a good life. It's not a 'technical' thing. If you have a group of people of whatever size who can't agree on something, and then they have to build something together, the dynamics will change immediately. Building things imposes a discipline that transcends the interpersonal relationships. Technology is society made stable. It also creates a whole raft of new ways of being human.