Let's talk about rationalization

The tendency for a society to transform from a traditional one into a rational one. Adopting rational way of doing things and technology will no doubt, promotes the advancement of the society. Much like how religion and moral teachings had interfere with many of the scientific research and slows down the overall advancement. However, rational usually involves bureaucracy, in which it involves more impersonality of a society or alienation. Look at New York of USA, a highly impersonalized, rationalized, competitive society. Everyone interact with others because they need the others to do something that they can't be done themselves instead of trying to make friends or whatever but they top the list economically.

So is rationalization good? In-terms of advancement of society, certainly yes. But it is kinda sad as we proceeds further, the dehumanizing effect will be getting more serious. You want something you gotta pay for it eh?

This post has been edited by NicJolin: Mar 30 2010, 11:25 PM