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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)I'm not advocating losing all the knowledge and technology we have gained throughout mankind's tour on this planet. I think we need to lessen our footprint by going back to less technology when feasible. I certainly want our hospitals to be state of the art with electric lights and all. I want medical knowledge and scientific knowledge to keep evolving. But do our resorts and hotels have to have the same? I don't think so. I think we need to really plan our buildings and our cities to use technology wisely not excessively.
If you want to read by a light bulb. How about this? When I was at the gym Saturday, it occurred to me that all those people riding stationary bicycles are creating energy. What if you had a stationary bicycle to exercise with in your bedroom and you generated electricity with it to power a light bulb to read with. Could that work for you? Or you could have your spouse ride it while you read and vice versa.
As far as all the horrors you list, it's war, religion and sometimes acts of nature that cause them. Acts of nature aren't that frequent. As long as the creators of technology need profits, there will be wars and religion is often just plain evil. The long days of work are only seasonal. Farmers still do the same today. That hasn't changed.