The World of Tomorrow
There was a time in American history when our society reached for the future. People were excited to explore space, to see what the latest technology was coming out, and what technology companies were working on for the future. People were curious about what a positive future for humanity might look like.
In the 1960s, New York City hosted the World’s Fair. The themes of the fair were, “Peace Through Understanding” and “Man’s Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe.” This was an optimistic look at humanities future dedicated to science, reason, curiosity, and knowledge.
Believe it or not, the World’s Fair still goes on today every two years… but not in America. We have become a nation consumed by religious and nationalistic fanaticism. People are more interested in the End of the World than a better tomorrow. We now live in a nation where almost half of our citizens reject the science of evolution and close to a third believe religion should be taught in public schools.
We are the only western democracy that doesn’t provide health insurance for it citizens and even the more liberal members of our society seem to think that space exploration is a waste of resources. Our people fear our government instead of our government being a tool of the people as prescribed in our Constitution.
As I look around me and discuss philosophy and science with the average citizen, it has become painfully obvious that we have become a nation of stupid people who have little to no curiosity or understanding about the world around them. Most people in America can’t even think critically about ideas presented to them on a daily basis and being smart has become a social albatross.
We live at the beginning of the 21st century shouldn’t we aspire for a better future? Why are we stuck with bronze-aged mythology? How is it that America have been held hostage by a bronze-age death cults hoping for Armageddon?

Filed under: anti-intellectualism, culture war, Religion, The Future