Holotopia: Convenience paradox

H O L O T O P I A: F I V E I N S I G H T S

The Renaissance liberated our ancestors from preoccupation with the afterlife, and empowered them to seek happiness here and now. The lifestyle changed, and the culture blossomed. What will the next "great cultural revival" be like?

From scraps of the 19th century science, the narrow frame insight showed, our ancestors improvised a "narrow and rigid" way to look at the world, which was damaging to culture. Convenience—the "pursuit of happiness" by reaching out for what feels attractive—is a case in point.

When we look at the world through convenience ('in the light of a candle'), the order of things we are in might easily appear as the best possible world. But as soon as we realize that convenience is a deceptive and useless "value"—we also realize that we indeed have very little clue about what is really "good for us".

Enormous possibilities for revising and improving our condition become accessible

We will here illustrate that by a few examples.