We have forgotten so much. I will never forget a program I watched, a BBC documentary, where a group of 10 stars were made to live an ordinary people in each major era from the Iron Age through to the Victorian. The thing that struck me most was they all agreed they we’re happier in the Iron Age and the medieval as people, than any other age with the Edwardian and Victorian the least happiness, in those ages especially Victorian the were stressed and depressed by inequality, hierarchy, and working now for productivity, especially in the Industrial Revolution era.
We now assume in hubris that we are always moving forward as a species as well as a society whereas it’s very clear to me we stopped evolving as homogeneous society since the medieval age. I wish something would happen to get us back to there our epoch of work and life balance, productivity only for the sake of providing just enough for a happy society, because the happiness of the society as a whole was the main goal. I believe if Milton were alive today, he would have rewritten Paradise Lost to be in our current timeline. Enlightenment has lead ironically, to darkness. God please bless us by taking away our relentless search of technology for productivity, and bring us back to a time a Paradise, Amen. 🙏😇🙏
Isn't it strange and tragic that we can look out at the modern world and feel that _basic human happiness_ is not the primary goal of society? Sometimes it seems that we're so focused on technology that we've forgotten about ourselves.
Absolutely correct, and we haven’t yet thrown AI into this discussion, there is an article by Ted Goia on what’s going to happen in the next 24 months and it’s terrifying. I’ll find the link and post it.
We have forgotten so much. I will never forget a program I watched, a BBC documentary, where a group of 10 stars were made to live an ordinary people in each major era from the Iron Age through to the Victorian. The thing that struck me most was they all agreed they we’re happier in the Iron Age and the medieval as people, than any other age with the Edwardian and Victorian the least happiness, in those ages especially Victorian the were stressed and depressed by inequality, hierarchy, and working now for productivity, especially in the Industrial Revolution era.
We now assume in hubris that we are always moving forward as a species as well as a society whereas it’s very clear to me we stopped evolving as homogeneous society since the medieval age. I wish something would happen to get us back to there our epoch of work and life balance, productivity only for the sake of providing just enough for a happy society, because the happiness of the society as a whole was the main goal. I believe if Milton were alive today, he would have rewritten Paradise Lost to be in our current timeline. Enlightenment has lead ironically, to darkness. God please bless us by taking away our relentless search of technology for productivity, and bring us back to a time a Paradise, Amen. 🙏😇🙏
Isn't it strange and tragic that we can look out at the modern world and feel that _basic human happiness_ is not the primary goal of society? Sometimes it seems that we're so focused on technology that we've forgotten about ourselves.
Absolutely correct, and we haven’t yet thrown AI into this discussion, there is an article by Ted Goia on what’s going to happen in the next 24 months and it’s terrifying. I’ll find the link and post it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/eleven-predictions-heres-what-ai?r=3jbcgs&utm_medium=ios
Amen!
I enjoyed reading this. I've just started The Rise and Fall of Merry England by Ronald Hutton, so it goes nicely with that.
Thanks for commenting, Jack. I haven't read that book; it'd be great to hear your thoughts on it after you've finished it.
Wonderful post. Thank you.
You're welcome, Shannon!
How neat to see these art pieces.
Wonderful as always. Keep them coming.
Thanks for commenting, Richard, I'm glad you're enjoying The Medieval Year!