by linlithgowoil » Fri 25 Feb 2005, 07:06:07
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ll this illustrates is, 'tis easier to participate in entropy than in its opposite.
As long as we're hardwired for that, we're doomed.
Its not really that we're hardwired for it - its just the lwas of physics and the way things are. It takes more energy to put things in order than it does to put things out of order, and usually more time.
Its far more rewarding/fun to utterly smash up a room than to tidy it up afterwards. I dont think the Who would have been considered Rock n Roll if they had went about tidying hotel rooms, making guitars and assembling TV's...
Its more to do with laziness. Sitting on your arse on a comfy chair in a warm room watching tv, drinking beer and eating pizza that has been brought to your door is far more appealing than cowering in a cold cave eating insects and looking for firewood.
Although i think the modern way of life can be soul destroying, it does have areas which are good. We really need to find a balance - (why is it always the way?) A middle road option - using some of our modern technologies and comforts, but adapting them to run with less energy.
Of course, this can never happen with capitalism, so as long as capitalism is around you can forget it. I dont think a mass political movement exists that would cater to the type of society i would like.