So good...thank you! Great word here: "my point is that We, Humans still wage war; the technology has not changed humanity. When it comes to the lurid seduction of war, Kings just can’t help themselves. Neither can the merchant when it comes to the drive for money. Nor the farmer and the desire for more land. And, of course, our bougie American middle class’s lust for Teslas and iPhones and houses. The objects of desire might change; desire itself does not."
Also, I was there with you holding hands, singing kumbaya on the airplane 20+ years ago. I'm nostalgic! (also, great side point - via your excellent description - about what constant vigilance (fear?) does to the experience of navigating airport security-and-flying).
So good...thank you! Great word here: "my point is that We, Humans still wage war; the technology has not changed humanity. When it comes to the lurid seduction of war, Kings just can’t help themselves. Neither can the merchant when it comes to the drive for money. Nor the farmer and the desire for more land. And, of course, our bougie American middle class’s lust for Teslas and iPhones and houses. The objects of desire might change; desire itself does not."
Also, I was there with you holding hands, singing kumbaya on the airplane 20+ years ago. I'm nostalgic! (also, great side point - via your excellent description - about what constant vigilance (fear?) does to the experience of navigating airport security-and-flying).