Today we watched as Solomon gave a lecture on Heidegger's Being and Time. I found it spot on with my current beliefs and current philosophy. I really liked how he said that Earth no longer feels like home to human beings and it is the advances and abundance in technology that makes that happen. This material gave me a lot of motivation to pick up the book and read. I really liked this material, I do believe we are living in a world that lacks a sense of togetherness, and love. I believe the main reason this is, is because of technology. Technology has taken away moments from us that create bonds, bonds that strengthen relationships, and these moments are slowly disappearing, technology takes away from human interaction, and replaces it with something superficial. As human beings we're meant to express, we're meant to adventure, and we're meant to appreciate every moment with one another.
From Being and Time
"The ‘external world’ sceptic feels an abyss to open up between
herself and the world, a sense of its insignificance or nothingness;
she experiences a hollow at the heart of reality, and a sense of herself
as not at home in the world. The ‘other minds’ sceptic feels an abyss
to open up between herself and others, as if their thoughts and feelings were withdrawing unknowably behind their flesh and blood,
as if she truly were confronted by hollowed out bodies, mere matter
in motion; she experiences herself as alone in the world."
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