Our ability to make decisions and act in the world, relies on a durability to what we do. In a world with exponential technological progress, if the speed at which new technologies replace old technologies gets fast enough, we will lose the ability to make meaningful choices. By the time we become accustomed to the new way of doing something, it will already be outdated.
It is a form of spiritual deflation. The rapid shifting of the most efficient way of doing things discourages taking action in the present because any skills or knowledge gained may be less valuable tomorrow than it is today.
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Durability Is Foundational To Direction And Action
Instrumental Reason Forces Technological Solutions