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Something that I was talking about with nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s last night stuck in my head. Most people think that technological progress is a one directional path. We learn new things and move forward, never sliding backwards, never losing knowledge along the way.

But this isn’t true. Just look at the dark ages. Just look at the civilizations of the Maya, or ancient Egyptians. They had advanced mathematics, a deep understanding of the movements of the solar system; and yet, their knowledge was largely forgotten for centuries (and in some cases millennia) after they collapsed.

Just because we have books, and libraries, and the internet doesn’t mean we’re immune either.

The ability to build upon our collective knowledge and apply that knowledge to create a better world around us is a fragile thing.

It requires the ability to freely question, freely discuss, and free transact. It requires openness, humility, and curiosity. All things that are seriously lacking in our world today.

Nostr needs builders to grow. But I believe that Nostr also needs to grow the world’s supply of builders if we want to continue to progress forward, and not tumble backwards into the dark.

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Eutrapelico 2y ago

Today, most mainstream historians (even secular ones) eschew the phrase “Dark Ages” as biased and inaccurate. It lives on among the ignorant or those who have a polemical axe to grind against the period. Usually, this axe is ground against the Catholic religion, which is taken to be the cause of all humanity’s woes during the medieval period. But as Catholics, these centuries offer us much to be proud of. The founding of the Order of St. Benedict, which was instrumental in forming the spirituality of the Latin west; inventions such as the mould-board plow, padded chest harness, and water-wheel, which improved the standard of living for millions of Europeans; the stately Romanesque architecture which blossomed into the Gothic cathedrals of the high Middle Ages; the gradual abolition of slavery; the patient translation of texts in monastic libraries all over Europe, ensuring the continued diffusion of knowledge across the continent.

https://catholicexchange.com/the-truth-about-the-dark-ages/

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