In different audiences, they often ask me the question: “We are told about how much the humanitarian component of education is needed today. With scientific and special technical, everything is clear. And what are the arguments in favor of the humanitarian? There is none of them”.
Talking about overall development, culture and other things pass by consciousness. We are practical creatures. Indeed, why we need the humanities so much? And then I unexpectedly found not only the only, but possible course of reasoning.
We all heard and read about cyborgs. Cyborg is a half-worm-wrap, a biological organism, containing mechanical, chemical or electronic components without which he cannot live. You see? We are not quite people.
We eat concentrates, treated with chemistry, some live with an artificial heart or someone else’s liver. Dependent on the computer mouse and keys. We cross the road to the traffic light. We communicate with likes and emoticons, weaning from oral speech. The skill of the letter almost lost. Like the account skill. In the transfer of breeds of trees and species of birds, it is unlikely that anyone will reach ten. The memory of time is replaced by the calendar and weather forecast. Orientation on the ground – navigator.
The need for personal contact with another person is minimized. We contact Skype with a client or partner, we get the money on a card. Chief leading business from the Seychelles, you can never see for all the time of service.
Take a simple situation: turned off the electricity. And at the same time heating. Were left without heat, without food, without external information. End of the world. Without civilizational guns, we are powerless before nature, and these tools themselves are ridiculously vulnerable: not so long ago we were informed that the large adron collader was disabled by ferret.
The body that has not been engaged in physical labor for a long time, training is required for normal functioning. Everyone got used to this thought, although not everyone follows her. But training is also necessary in order to maintain a human component. For example, communication. Not utilitarian and not business – family, friendly, club.
Conversation about anything is sometimes more important than a scientific conference and a production meeting. Art and literature are also for this. So we learn to penetrate the state of another, think about ourselves. There is no time for the latter at all. And all this is not just desirable, but it is necessary. For success and security, we must understand and feel a partner, clearly articulate our intentions and ideas, provide responsibility together. A contactless, automatic form of existence
sooner or later can lead humanity to a catastrophic oversight.
