No Future without Philosophy

All our societal problems can be traced back to a single root: humans giving up on Philosophy as a subject of inquiry, wrongly perceiving it as ‘too abstract’ and ‘irrelevant’ in the era of modern technology.

Instead of building on Philosophy as a practice, we replaced it as the foundational framework of human knowledge with 'Professional' and 'Technical' skillsets, hoping it would secure people good jobs. It did—but at the expense of our ability to think, grow, and truly see, ultimately creating a new form of ‘enslavement’, a well paid one though.

For a time, this seemed to work. But as technology continues to advance exponentially, the traditional concepts that define us—our humanity, society, and beliefs—have become unstable and redundant, forcing us to develop entirely new understandings and frameworks for thinking and living, which we don’t have and nor have the ability to develop at the moment.

Therefore, much of the chaos we see today stems from our sheer inability to practice philosophy (think and generate ‘newness’) at the pace demanded by tech R&D.

There’s a reason why we have extraordinary tech, policy, and professional talent with a limited ability to see, feel, or imagine transformative change: we overdosed on ‘career building’ at the expense of thinking with clarity and for the future.