contemporary humanity is invested in the belief that the world necessarily progresses over time. looking for progress, technological progress stands out because that kind of progress is so easy for us to discern---it's easy to measure the ever increasing speed of CPUs over time, less so something like the amount of justice in the world. So, the contemporary pursuit of progress leads to the pursuit of technological progress. Perceived progress turns our worldview into a virtue and renders it legitimate and realized. Being wed to technological progress in this way is to be a Last Man. Our condition is inescapable. The point then is not (per impossible) to resist; rather, the Last Man needs an apologist.
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