Jakob Haferland
Simone Weil, who lived from February 1909 until August 1943, makes a very interesting statement, which has proved to be true so far.
In her opinion there won’t be much change in the future, as it is made of the stuff the present is. There are certainly differences, but they won’t be very huge. And I think last century proved her right. Sure, there are differences. One of the biggest might be the omnipresence of electronic and computer devices, which people 60 years ago probably, had never dreamed of. And also a lot of other things have changed in our life. For example planes play a much bigger role. TV, the Internet - all things the make our world what it is today.
But has the world really changed that radically? I mean we’re still living in houses. We still walk, drive or take the bus to work. We still eat food, sometimes even the same stuff people ate 60 years ago. We still live in families, have wives or husbands, we still have kids. Our cars still have 4 wheels and planes still have two wings, ships look still the same and we still fire them with Petrol, Diesel or Kerosene.
So I think she is right, the future won’t bring that many new things. It will still be made of the same stuff. I don’t think we’re going to travel to Mars in the blink of a eye or even live there. All these things are more fantasy than forecast I believe.
I must say Bravo Jakob and Simone Weil.
ReplyDeleteThere's no big differences btween now and the past. For example, now we have coke with different flavours that we did not have it in the past.
I think so, too. These are the same stuff because the base is the same in every ages. Also it is human beings that creat something and invent in every generation.
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