Threats To Civilization (2015-03-29)
Art and science are my passions, and human accomplishment in these domains is what distinguishes us from other animals and best defines civilization. And the two belief systems most threatening to art and science are religious and ideological. They warp our emotions and inhibit our rationality. That would be my definition of ‘evil’, and religion and ideology are definitely evil. They’ve done far more harm to civilization than anything else you could name. (Sure, they’ve done some good as well, but that is very lightweight when weighed against the harm.)
