lol. I’m sorry, I just think this is a bit funny. You think computers subtract from our life? Funny then that if they didn’t exist our life expectancy would be significantly lower. Computers enhance our productivity in the operating theatre by extraordinary amounts.
TV. Without this, companies wouldn’t make a significant portion of their profits. You know, advertising. To fuel the economy. Also, lack of entertainment industry has got to be bad for an economy that is already pretty screwed up (and note, this isn’t due to tech!)
Of course we do. That’s the brilliant aspect of life. Curiosity, the drive for diversity. The thing that drives us to want the latest gadgets also drives us to want to live, in general. The two aren’t mutually exclusive you know.
And one would hope that their life is not a daily repetition. We want to see different places, meet different people, and by extension, we therefore must also want different things.
Humans would not evolve if it weren’t for the want of new things. We’d be stuck as cavemen, because all we would’ve cared about is eating and sleeping. I don’t think so. That is not how an intelligent species acts.
The Mayan calender notation allows for indefinite extension. Lack of will to continue the calender is not the problem at all.