Better Had We Not Invented It
Question: Why does humanity keep inventing more and more?
Answer: It wants to achieve a serene, good life. But in the end, the opposite happens.
Comment: It is interesting that nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes, and at the same time, it can sweep everything away.
My Response: Yes. Man cannot invent anything truly good or kind.
Question: What invention would you call eternal and useful for humanity that could ultimately lead it to happiness?
Answer: The correction of the evil nature of a man—only that. There is nothing else.
Comment: But man must first realize he is living with an evil nature.
My Response: That is what drives him to ultimately realize it. The world is in such a state that it does not know what to do with itself.
In the past, we thought that socialism, communism, capitalism, or something else would save us. Some kind of freedom, liberalism, and so on. Now we see that everything quickly leads to the realization of evil.
Comment: You once said that the development of humanity proceeded as a linear development of egoism. That things would get better, and then communism would follow. Now you claim that egoism has sort of closed in, that we have become interconnected like one village, yet the same research continues, and humanity does not come to the realization of the evil of its nature.
My Response: Do you want them to shut it all down?
I think we will come to a state where humanity will say, “It would have been better had we not invented this.” Can this already be said about the atom today? And it will say the same about everything else.
It is written: “He who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” (Ecclesiastes 1:18) Or “He who increases wealth, increases suffering.”
Question: Do you think this proverb is still relevant today?
Answer: And how much more so!
Question: Can we stop increasing knowledge?
Answer: We cannot. We can stop increasing neither wealth nor knowledge. Egoism will constantly push us toward it.
The goal is to lead us to the realization of evil. That evil is in our nature when we believe that the world we live in is the one we need to improve. But it cannot be improved—we need to rise above it.
Question: That is, to change ourselves?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Will we come to this realization during our lifetime?
Answer: You are already setting limitations.
Comment: Yes, I would still like to see the righteousness of your words.
My Response: I do not believe it.
Question: You do not believe it?
Answer: No, I do not believe that it will happen so quickly.
But personally, it does not bother me. What difference does it make when it happens? In whatever state we will be, it will eventually happen to all of us.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/2/25
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