"It was the sort of idea that might easily decondition the more unsettled minds among the higher castes - make them lose their faith in happiness as the Sovereign Good and take to believing, instead, that the goal was somewhere outside the present human sphere; that the purpose of life was not the maintenance of well-being, but some intensification and refining of consciousness, some enlargement of knowledge"(Huxley 177).
My sentiments toward technological advancement could not summed up better than this. The purpose of technological advancement is not to make us happier or to make life easier. The purpose of technological advancement is for us to expand what it means to be human. We should constantly seek to raise the bar higher, not to squeamishly keep the status quo. Is there a ceiling? An end after which we can no longer progress? I doubt such a thing exists, but if it did, it would be our duty to find it and reach it. Though I agree technology benefits humanity, i disagree with the sentiments of the World State here. Humanity cant afford to sit still.
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