Destructive Design II

Let us take the argument further by taking an example.
If we consider a situation at a very early stage of human history we can picture things like the man of the household rising up early in the morning and going out for food gathering, in a group or may be alone. Everyday he would return home with his gatherings which he and his family would consume on that day. As this goes on our man is going to finally realize that if he brings home more gatherings everyday he can actually rest or take a holiday someday when his spare gatherings from each day will be enough that he wont have to go out hunting or gathering that day. This realization gives rise to more desires for pilling up resources and it continues for ever.
Now take a present day scenario, that of a middle class man. He gets his salary every month and makes ends meet. His does not pile up cause he gets just enough to survive. But if we take somebody who earns enough to save every month or somebody really rich enough, we'll find that he will have piles of money and property to last his family for generations. Now whats that piled up money and property? Its all natural resources converted into more portable form.
So all the money that these guys have stashed up in banks is actually natural resource piled up from plundering earth for thousands of years. And how did it happen? Cause man had a desire to take a rest for a day. Desire that gave way to pondering that gave way to innovation that gave way to more desires that gave way to destruction.

Destructive Design I

We always wonder why we are the way we are. Why we are a social animal and not lone hunters! Why we domesticate the lesser animals and have no history of being domesticated. Why we have to work so hard to earn a living. All we do is, depend our whole childhood on somebody else: unable to look after ourself, clinging to somebody: unable to move around by ourself, get fed by somebody: unable to feed our self...and so on. We grow up and work hard to prove our self again and again. Then when we think that we are ready to face the world, we find that there isn't much time left. Now we are grown-ups. The responsible ones! We start on our new found path of piling up wealth. Wealth that may do a lot of good later in life. Or we thought so! But most likely all this will come to an end when we find that we are after all mortals. Weak bones, weak senses, weak voice and a burdened soul. That's what will be left at the end?

There are lots of takers for the Intelligent Design. Doesn't everything look planned? Designed for a specific purpose, with a specific function. The Trees, soil, water, air . Its so simple a system. Zero maintenance! So efficient that it has to be a designed one.
Maybe, The ID theory explains a lot. But still it does not answer the very first question. Why? For what reason? May be for glorification of a Kind? May be for a battle in the distant future? May be we all are parts of some Inter-Galactic Experiment? May be reasons is actually spiritual? Or may be there is simply no reason at all! Who can tell!? The last one sounds scary!

Even though the real question is not how, but why, the "how" part of it might let us understand the "why " part. Time is going to show.

Untitled Thoughts

We humans tend to rely on empirical evidences while acting or reacting to general situations. It seems like we have embedded the "evidence rule" in our culture or more so into our genes itself! Now I have always wondered who decides the borderline between Good and Bad. Nobody has a manual to tell us where exactly the line should be drawn while judging situations in day to day life. We may argue that religious texts have already given us a ready manual! But again it fails ( at least in me) to give the exact nature of these two entities (good, bad) or how to differentiate between them. However it does tell us that its all in us, we are the decision takers in all matters and that we are made capable for it. That is, the definitions of these entities and their products reside in us. Now how do we find if it really does. These entities are measured by humans by evaluating the available "empirical evidences" in a given situation. While treating a person or responding to a given situation, unless we have visible and measurable evidences, or tangible facts leading to the conclusion that the person is behaving unethically or immorally to you or anybody else, we generally treat that person under the boundaries of ethics and morality, or at least pretend to.
I have always wondered about the growth of the human mind as civilization advanced. Now, can growth always be positive in case of the (human) mind or even if we consider our whole social and cultural advancement? Could it be that our mind, taking into account the whole progress of man (cause the progress itself is a product of the collective human mind) has taken a completely wrong path to growth? May be its not completely a wrong path, but its root itself could always have a wrong start. Of course, with usual permutations and combinations I'm sure it will have some right branches emerging from the wrong roots. But is the baseline all wrong? What about Chaos Theory at work?
It is very common to find animals practicing incests. But it is completely forbidden in humans! (not that I'm advocating it..)? Higher conciousness?
The point is how do we decide whether we are in the right direction or not. If only there were an external observer to tell us how we are doing! But there aren't any or at least we cant see any.

Well, i think i have to get back to this later.

Chance or Destiny

Are we suppose to behave at our Will? Is there no such thing called Destiny. Was it actually Chance all the time!? Are we totally independent of any external manipulation of our Will by some higher consciousness so as to meet a "predefined end" or what they say destiny? Or is it that our will is outside the influence of any higher power, and collectively gives birth to what we call Chance!