abirvalarg

Guess what, i was wrong!

What i was wrong about? Life and studies. Namely about the importance of humanities, about nice things and so on.

I think it happened very early for me, i became very interested, maybe even obsessed with technology. At some point i, as many kids around me, started basically hating on humanities. Now i think it wasn't just not nice of me, it was completely wrong.

Why is it important?

As i thought back then, humanities serve no purpose in life, unlike technologies and exact sciences. Sure, they won't help us build new tools and solutions, but maybe they will provide something more valuable than just tools?

Tools are useless unless they're built and used with some purpose. And that's the problem here: maybe i know how to build them, but i don't know why build them exactly. Now that sounds too edgy, doesn't it?

Separation of concerns

It seems to me now, there's a separation of concerns here, as software developers may say. Technology provides us with tools and solutions to make our lives more convenient. Humanities, however, give us a purpose to live, which, in turn, gives purpose to our tools, making them useful.

So, while chasing knowledge in technologies, namely, programming, i completely forgot about humanities. At some points i was saying that i'm more of a programmer than i am a person, an i think it is the result of my neglect, or even hatered, of humanities. Maybe i wouldn't be in such a mess, not knowing why i'm even alive, if i would pay attention to my more human side.

More human technologies

It seems AI is "The Next Big Thing" right now. You better use it if you don't want to stay behind! This very human-friendly computer interface, when you barely have to press any buttons or know how it works, allows this technology to be rather dehumanizing. It is often used to automate things that make us people, like decisions, thinking and creativity. What is left for the people at this point? Manual labor? Isn't that supposed to be the other way around?

Solutions?

Nope, i don't have any as of right now. All i can say currently is that you should try being more creative and inspired, even if you're crazily interested in technology. Maybe it could have saved me, so i should try doing that.