The world needs more thinkers. Throughout time, I've noticed, that thinkers, have always been society's outcasts. In mid-evil times they where, portrayed as wizards, residing in castle towers or shanties down by the river. Devinci's ideas, where kept secret for years, by sociaties hyarchy..perhaps in an attempt to suppress the common mans knowledge of how things really where or are, in the world. Even today, we are led around by the unknowing, who relying on the few, who posses knowledge, to perform their trivial daily tasks. Is it out of fear, that these so called leaders, keep the few, locked in closets like mushrooms...? Do they know, that the mushroom will thrive even in the darkest of places? Mr. Gates, is a perfect example of what happens, when those with the knowledge, break free of the group. He has struck fear, in the hearts of even the most powerfull of governments, who have established limitations on how large the entity that he has created, can grow. They give it a fancy title, monopolization. Is it that they fear he will create an entity so large, that it has the power to consume everything in it's path? What has Mr. Gates, really created? A user interface making it possible for nearly everyone with a brain to use an item ie. a computer, to store a quantity of data surpassing the average human brain? Is it the fact that it levels the the playing feild for all if used correctly. I have always believed that knowledge is power. Information or data is not knowledge. It is only one element, contained in the molecular structure, we call knowledge. Data must be collected, studied, applied and tested, to accend to the higher level, we know as knowledge. So neither computers nor their interfaces will ever consume all. It is the humans brain that will determine what is to become of this collected data. It is the missing variable in this equasion of fear. Some, will use it for good. Some, will use it, to turn a profit. Most will use it as a means to destroy one another. Now this sounds like a pretty bold statement. "Most", you may be thinking? Yes, most. Most will use this data to deprive others of things: money, power, security and even their individuality. Let's look at the bible as an example. What is it?...think now...It is a collection of wood pulp fibers pressed together to create a surface, upon which you can record data in the form of pictures, sybols or even shapes in the case of oragami. These surfaces are arranged in a stack and bound together within a more durable cover to protect them. It is not the book itself, nor the writing within, that has caused the world, misfortune. It has always been mans interpretation of the writing within. So can we say, that the Bible (the book) has spread war, hate and discontent throught the last 2000 or so years? No...it is just a collection of wood pulp and leather. It has always been mans interpretation of the writings contain within, that have always lead to our downfall. There has always been war and discontent...even before the writing of the bible...perhaps because there has always been though...So can we say that a book is nothing more than a primordial computer? As long as human thought, is the controlling variable there is hope for man kind. Perhaps, humans will accept data for what it is. Maybe, they will stop trying to judge and interpret data as a means of manipulation and use it to benifit man kind. In closing, I make this observation. Have you ever noticed as a society that we use data to teach, but it is often, that we use, negitive data, as a scare tactic, for which, you base your knowledge upon. We are rarely taught positive knowledge development skills. We created nuclear energy out of negitive knowlege ie. WAR. Perhaps it's time we started promoting positive knowledge for the good of mankind instead of as a means to an end...
Friday, October 24, 2008
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3 comments:
I never understood why mankind spends so much time, knowledge and effort on destroying the world.
Imagine, just for a moment, what this world could be like if mankind spent that much effort on building and creating good instead.
Very good subject. Maybe you should drink alot of coffee more often?!?!
You've got me thinking tonight so I'll be rather tired in the morning. Just know it's because of you. :P
It's a very interesting subject that I've talked about and been criticized for many times. We lead ourselves with fear and teach it to our children. What would come of us if we didn't do this?
The world will never know...
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