Socrates in Modernity

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This paper explains that Socrates would note that consumerist and materialist tendencies have extended beyond products and services to our interpersonal relationships as well. The author points out that, having said that the unexamined life is not worth living, Socrates would wonder if any of us living in the Age of Technology have really examined our lives. The paper relates that Socrates and others of his time wrestled with issues such as bounded rationality and the mind-body problem and whether such a thing as consciousness and memory exists beyond life's end: Would they conclude that all this information is really knowledge.

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"One feature of the so-called "modern" world is its dependence upon information. Information drives Western civilization. It is the lever which allows the modern Archimedes to move the world of finance and industry against the fulcrum of time. It is what keeps workers competitive in the job market, and what keeps businesses competitive in the market at large. One major factor in the success or failure of any firm today is the degree to which it acquires and implements the information that can distinguish it from its competitors."

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