"john grey (on whom much of this song is based) pointed out that posiivism shares an essentially religious bent in that it's teleological, it works towards an end point and assumes progress. the writings of saint-simon and other positivist founders are almost mystic in their faith in science and progress. the assumption that science and technology automatically make things better (or in fact that they're related to the moral or political sphere in any way at all) is bizarre.
frank says:
"john grey (on whom much of this song is based) pointed out that posiivism shares an essentially religious bent in that it's teleological, it works towards an end point and assumes progress. the writings of saint-simon and other positivist founders are almost mystic in their faith in science and progress. the assumption that science and technology automatically make things better (or in fact that they're related to the moral or political sphere in any way at all) is bizarre.
so nerr."