https://youtu.be/XlJwQyi84NA?si=Cn9o78K02TPAgPnL
Alan Watts often critiqued this concept of the "machine" we’ve created, which was initially supposed to bring about abundance, ease, and freedom. Yet, paradoxically, it traps people in a relentless cycle of work, production, and consumption. He argued that we’ve built these massive systems—whether it's industry, technology, or economic structures—that were meant to serve us, but instead, we end up serving the machine.
Watts emphasized that money, particularly in the modern sense of being printed or created out of thin air, has become the fuel for this machine. But rather than this leading to real abundance for everyone, it only perpetuates the cycle of needing more production, more consumption, and more money. People get stuck chasing after this illusion of wealth, which keeps the machine running, but at the cost of true freedom and well-being.
He often pointed out the absurdity of trying to keep up with the machine through endless production and printing of money, suggesting that it turns people into cogs in the very system that was supposed to set them free. Watts believed that the idea of abundance had been hijacked—it's no longer about a life of fulfillment, but about maintaining an ever-growing system that serves itself rather than the people.
This concept speaks deeply to the modern world, where we see massive economic and industrial systems that, rather than making life easier, seem to enslave people to debt, stress, and endless work. Watts’ message was a call to rethink this and focus on what truly brings happiness and meaning—living in the present, doing what you love, and not getting caught in the machine’s illusion of abundance.
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