Have We Forgotten How to Live?: Instinct, Intelligence, and Humanity’s Place in the Living World (English Edition)
(著) 町屋肇
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Do we truly understand what it means to live?
Human beings have developed civilization, science, and art through their remarkable intelligence. At the same time, however, we have also created desire, competition, discrimination, war, and the destruction of nature.
This book is a philosophical exploration of two fundamental questions: “What does it mean to be human?” and “What does it mean to live?”
The author examines human existence and the way we live by considering humanity from two contrasting perspectives: “instinct and intelligence” and “matter and energy.” Drawing on a wide range of fields—including philosophy, life sciences, astrophysics, psychology, economics, environmental issues, and artificial intelligence—the book explores the nature of human existence from multiple perspectives.
The author views the discrepancy between instinct and intelligence as a “gap in sensory perception.” According to this perspective, this gap lies at the root of many problems in human society, including bullying, discrimination, inequality, war, and environmental destruction.
Can we stop intelligence from spiraling out of control?
The key may lie in reason and awareness. It begins by pausing to reconsider the way we live and our relationship with nature. It means recognizing that others, like ourselves, are living beings who share the same fundamental value of life. From this awareness, a path toward coexistence and cooperation begins to emerge.
Broadening its perspective to encompass Japanese views of nature, Western philosophy, the origins of the universe and life, and the merits and shortcomings of capitalism and modern technology, this book invites us to reconsider the dignity of life.
For anyone interested in philosophy, science, the environment, AI, economics, and the meaning of life.
This is a thought-provoking exploration of the future of humanity and life, viewed within the vast, interconnected flow of the universe and nature.
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