Quote: (06-23-2015 03:06 PM)Aenigmarius Wrote:
Fantastic post. We've eliminated so many of the threats and obstacles to our daily lives that now we have to make them up to have something to struggle against.
Man is best when he is striving for a goal, pushing the limits toward the next horizon. He is made to face adversity, adapt and overcome. Without something to struggle against, he turns on himself and his fellow man.
Ironically (or not), isn't that what the machines realized in The Matrix? They tried for a perfect simulation and people were miserable. So they gave them misery, and it worked. I suspect a lot of modern pathologies (SJW, feminism, etc.) are almost entirely due to the spiritual and physical decay.