Holotopia: Convenience paradox

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Convenience paradox

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 19th century science, our ancestors concocted a narrow frame—a "rigid and narrow" way to look at the world, which made us misunderstand and damage culture. Convenience—which identifies "happiness" with acquiring and experiencing what feels attractive—is a case in point.

When we look at the world through convenience, the order of things we are living in easily appears as the best possible one. When, however, we embrace wholeness as goal, and broaden the way we look so that we may see things whole—we see our condition in an entirely new light.

We here illustrate that by a few examples.