Thursday, January 04, 2007

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.9.7

9e. As always, Things Fall Apart on Their Own, but Maximum Advantage does nothing to stem decline. In general, it urges a faster drive and harder crash. Like running forward into a brick wall, a society and culture that embraces this path creates its own doom by eating itself. One way or another, these impulses are nurtured by unsustainable collective beliefs. In this environment, progress for its own sake is a primary myth. Under its smothering weight, even counter-cultures are not immune. Once the alternatives expire everyone is left the same, and more significantly thinks the same. Humans are adaptive animal. One might submit that uniformity is the key toward evolutionary annihilation. Since industrialization, no culture seeking unity has survived long. Machines wear out. Collectively, its imitation sterilizes.

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