reactionary crap

[rone]

I've been irked all day by thinking about how much of human progress has come out of a complete and opposite reaction against another movement or opinion in the fields of art, science, and politics.  The bloody pendulum swings from end to end and it all seems like a ridiculous waste of energy.  Hey, that's fine if you're 19, because at that age, energy is the only thing you aren't short on.  But for a race that's several millennia old, it seems a tad immature.  We too easily fall into black-and-white perception, either clinging to the old ways or utterly shunning them.

I know that sometimes it's necessary to completely step away from how things are done now to find a new direction.  But it should be a last resort.  I wonder if these childish 180° turns are just a subconscious panicky attempt to save face.