An Old Post from an Old Class: Myopia

I took a "Social Science" class a couple years ago, where we watched movies and then wrote a blog about them.  Three credits, for watching movies.  But, that old class blog has been taken down, so I went looking in the depths of my hard drive to see if I had saved any of them.  I found one.  Please keep in mind that I am a somewhat opinionated Christian, and I was kinda in a war with the professor--his world view just...bugged me.  It was like he wasn't even trying to go against the stereotypical liberal arts image.   The movie was "The Matrix," here is the old blog:

People who think the world is flat will never stop walking.  I would like to apply this thought to a certain type of people:  those who see something, but cannot connect it to the world around them.  Those who feel that nothing they do is important—yet are so self-centered that they refuse to acknowledge the effects that their actions have on the world around them.
The Matrix extends this out to the ultimate distance, to where nothing anyone does is important because nothing anyone does anyone actually does.  If that does not make sense, then you have not seen the movie.  But thinking about this—if a person has a soul (or conscience, or consciousness, or what have you)—does it matter if they are living out their life in a real meaningful way if they are living a meaningful life in their mind?  Biblically it still counts. In Matthew 5:21-22, Jesus says, “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’  But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.”  
Many technologies have much promise to bring us happiness or well being.  Just watch the T.V. for more than 15 minutes on ANY channel and you will see a plug for something that will make your life great.  However, if you look further away than the instant gratification of buying a new doohickey (that will probably break or be forgotten within a few months); you actually get a negative return on your investment.  You spend the time, money, or effort on the acquiring part, but only get a made in China sticker for your effort.  And really, many technologies are only new packaging.  I will venture to say, nothing has or can come around that will change our lives drastically.  By “drastic,” I mean some sort of Monument Moment when a black pillar appears and ushers us into another level of civilization.  The basic needs of a human being have never, ever changed.  Air, water, food, shelter.  Four unchanging items that have to be taken care of, one way or another, for a human to survive.  If you must buy something, let it be something that can help in those four areas.  A tent, maybe, or an axe.
Postmodernists believe that nothing matters.  This is an incredibly self-centered view, which could partly explain the state of our world today.  When you feel that there is nothing right or wrong, nothing true, you lose perspective on the entire world.  History no longer matters, and you have surely heard that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.  You cannot lose sight of where you have been, and you cannot lose sight of where you are going.  Certainly, technology can be helpful, but by focusing on it too closely, you will fall into the trap of The Matrix.

There.  Take that, stupid liberal professors.