Dayou’s worries about the proliferation of technology can be explained by James Dewey’s social theory: in this era, civilization is inclined to technology, while moral cognition has degraded. It is precisely Dewey who was the highest in his time. However, his civilization despised eccentricity and put literature and art at the apex of all learning, so he opposed useless philosophy and attacked the United States and Europe with positivism.
Darwin’s natural selection encountered difficulties in sociology: Why has civilization developed to modern times, and under the highly developed and integrated society, the scales of civilization still frequently rise and fall between philosophy and science? Society always rejects heretics, and when philosophy that represents knowledge and status prevails, it is suppressed Technology is still advancing with heads up and taking its place? On the contrary, when technology and practicality are rampant, countless people are still bewitched by people such as Otomo, Oshii Mamoru, etc. If this problem cannot be solved, Otomo Katsuhiro’s future path will be more than just successors. Weakness is simply exhaustion.
However, the appearance of "Steam Boy" at the end of the Western modern science and technology history combined with majestic and sad music, seems to indicate that Dayou's concept is facing a breakthrough: Man’s instinct to pursue the truth is so strong that we don’t have to worry about civilization tilted to the point where it’s impossible to deal with it. The conflicts between the three generations of scientists of father and son can also prove that there is a third point in addition to the two opposing concepts. There is a way to go. This is the hope of Dayou, as well as the hope of all people who yearn for civilization with kindness.
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