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STS: Village of The Watermills by Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

The document discusses three main ideas: 1) Living a natural life in a village of watermills, relying on natural resources and living to old age. The villagers reject electricity and modern conveniences. 2) C.S. Lewis was skeptical of "scientism", or the belief that science can explain all aspects of human life. He argued that science could be corrupted and used to exert power over others. 3) The concept of human flourishing has changed over time as societies have developed new technologies to make life more comfortable and explore more. While progress has benefits, too much reliance on science may make people less appreciative of the natural world.

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STS: Village of The Watermills by Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

The document discusses three main ideas: 1) Living a natural life in a village of watermills, relying on natural resources and living to old age. The villagers reject electricity and modern conveniences. 2) C.S. Lewis was skeptical of "scientism", or the belief that science can explain all aspects of human life. He argued that science could be corrupted and used to exert power over others. 3) The concept of human flourishing has changed over time as societies have developed new technologies to make life more comfortable and explore more. While progress has benefits, too much reliance on science may make people less appreciative of the natural world.

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STS: Critique Human Flourishing: The Progress of Science and Technology.

Define for
yourself the Meaning of Good Life
STS: Village of the Watermills by Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
MAIN IDEA: LIVE A NATURAL LIFE
- Province Life; It was called as a village of watermills because it has a lot of watermills
in the village
- No electricity, the old man believe electricity is convenience; They use candles and
linseed oil for light; They rely mostly on the natural resources and animals
- “We try to live the way man used to, that’s the natural way of life.”
- The Old man and the villagers believe that to lead a natural way of life. So, they pass
on at a ripe old age.
- “A good age to stop living. Some say life is hard. That is just talk. In fact, it’s good to
be alive. It is exciting.”
- Watermill symbol of the past and of societal change.

The Magician’s Twins: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism
MAIN IDEA: The progress of science under sat ulo ka theme.
- “modern science has remade our world but at what cost”
- Lewis is opposed and skeptic and critic of scientism
- He never attacked science, its scientism
- Science could be corrupted
- Science and Magic are twins, they are similar
- Science as Religion (samabahon sa mga tao)
- Science as Credulity (lewis believed nga is unsa pa daw ang isulti as long as it
is dressed in science tuohan daw s amga tao)
- Science as Power (can be used as an advantage nya gamiton nya ni siya sa
uban taw as a power)
What is human flourishing?
As times change concepts on human flourishing changed, people found means
to live comfortably, making more money, develop more products and explore more
places. Ancient times relied on simple machines to make their lives easier.
Developments allowed to make grander and more sophisticated machines that led to
more innovations and explorations. Aristotle’s concepts of human flourishing are now
different from today’s concept of human flourishing. Humans of today are expected to
become a “man of the world”, working side by side among government and institutions
to reach common goal.

A GOOD LIFE:
A good life is all about living a balanced life, in a natural and modern way. We
cannot deny that because of science, there’s a progress in our way of living, it makes
our life more convenient. However, there are some cons to that, it makes us less
appreciative and more carefree in our world. Personally, a definition of a good life is
living naturally with a side of science.

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