@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导Inaneraofextremepolarization,it'sreallydangeroustotalkaboutrightandwrong.Youcanbetargeted,judgedforsomethingyousaid10yearsago,10monthsago,10hoursago,10secondsago.Andthatmeansthatthosewhothinkyou'rewrongmayburnyouatthestakeorthosewhoareonyoursidethatthinkyou'renotsufficientlyorthodoxmaytryandcancelyou.Asyou'rethinkingaboutrightandwrong,Iwantyoutoconsiderthreeideas.Whatifrightandwrongissomethingthatchangesovertime.Whatifrightandwrongissomethingthatcanchangebecauseoftechnology.Whatiftechnologyismovingexponentially?Soasyou'rethinkingaboutthisconcept,rememberhumansacrificeusedtobenormalandnatural.Itwasawayofappeasingthegods.Otherwisetherainwouldn'tcome,thesunwouldn'tshine.Publicexecutions.Theywerecommon,normal,legal.YouusedtotakeyourkidstowatchbeheadingsinthestreetsofParis.Oneofthegreatestwrongs,slavery,indenturedservitude,thatwassomethingthatwaspracticedformillennia.ItwaspracticedacrosstheIncas,theMayas,theChinese,theIndiansinNorthandSouthAmerica.Andasyou'rethinkingaboutthis,onequestioniswhydidsomethingsowronglastforsolong?Andasecondquestionis:whydiditgoaway?Andwhydiditgoawayinafewshortdecadesinlegalterms?Certainlytherewasaworkbyextraordinaryabolitionistswhoriskedtheirlives,buttheremaybesomethingelsehappeningalongsidethesebraveabolitionists.Considerenergyandtheindustrialrevolution.Asinglebarrelofoilcontainstheenergyequivalentoftheworkoffiveto10people.Addthattomachines,andsuddenlyyou'vegotmillionsofpeople'sequivalentlaboratyourdisposal.
