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Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean, progress is cool, but what is it really?

Is it advancments in philosphy? Because we're still far behind the greeks there, building culture out of what plato's metaphors.

Is it science? The ability to refine sugar more efficiently and feed more people? We throw away more than we consume, so that seems suspect.

Is it wokeness? Because we free' d the slaves 8,000 years ago too and ended many tyrannical empires, so we've been there done that.

What is progress, if you think about it?

How have we progressed as a society in the last 10,000 years?

Society changed when we invented the written word.

It changed again when we invented the printing press.

And then again when we invented the computer/internet.

It seems the only thing that has progressed humanity, is our ability to talk to each other and record history.

So by defacto, progress, is actually: the investment in our memory of the past.

Pretty fuckn weird if you ask me. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Progress is when we become a collective tribe focused on a goal other than ego and id fulfillment. We are still obsessed with longevity, food, luxury and our offspring and the dopa we get from our erogenous zones.

7 of 9s borg in voyager seeking perfection through their exploration of the universe. Was progress. Forget exactly what episode it was. Two parter about what the borg were really after. We were just mold on a peach in the multiverse to them.

That's what we are. We can't even really escape this gravity well. We are defined by it.

In terms of, we, us.