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2025-05-12 14:08:18
Humanity Rediscovering America (and Forgetting the Basics?)
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## Humanity Rediscovering America (and Forgetting the Basics?)
Change is the only constant, as that bearded guy Heraclitus said some 25 centuries ago. And it seems humanity takes this maxim so seriously that it rediscovers America every single day! Seriously, we invent the square wheel, spend years trying to make it turn, then someone shouts, "Hey, wait a minute...", and there we go again, marveling at the circle.
It's fascinating to observe how technology accelerates this eternal "déjà vu" of ours. It's like a turbocharger on our ability to forget the past and be dazzled by the "new." I remember when the DVD was the ultimate must-have in the audiovisual desert. Today? It's a museum piece, while we marvel at streaming (which, at its core, is just a more convenient way to watch what already existed).
And this collective amnesia of ours raises an uncomfortable little question: could this runaway technological "evolution" not be accompanied by a subtle... social devolution? 🤔 Heraclitus already figured out that the world was a "walking mutation." But is this mutation taking us forward, or are we just trading six of one for half a dozen of the other, with more pixels and less patience?
I confess I miss the smell of a new book (the one made of "wood pulp," as today's youth would say), the tangibility of a CD (yes, I survived that era!), and even the relative "disconnection" of an analog camera. It seems we've traded contemplation for notification, depth for a click.
Anyway, *mutatis mutandis*, as the Romans would say (other smart folks who also saw a lot of change), we continue in this cosmic dance of transformation. I just hope that, amidst so many "new worlds" we discover daily, we don't forget the map. Because, let's face it, rediscovering America every day is a huge waste of a caravan. 😉