“The truth is that many of the qualities we admire in human beings can only function in opposition to some kind of disaster, pain, or difficulty; but the tendency of mechanical progress is to eliminate disaster, pain, and difficulty” 

—George “Fuck Technology” Orwell

What’s your gut reaction?

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He thinks tech makes men weak and manly men who move dirt are more admirable than soft hand boys


(He only really talked about men afaict)

I thought he was more saying that adversity, determination, courage, innovation etc are born of necessity and suffering but we are working to eliminate suffering and in the process may snuff out the qualities we most admire.