Progress fails when its standard bearers become part of nature

Evidence

For instance, originally all cognition appears to have been a means in the struggle for existence. Exact knowledge of the behavior of things is, in fact, of extraordinary utility for the maintenance and promotion of life. Yet cognition is no longer used in the service of this practical achievement: science has become a value in itself. It quite autonomously chooses its ob- jects, shapes them according to its own needs, and is interested in nothing beyond its own perfection. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 2032 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The idea of progress was born when society gained rational control over nature; Science became an autonomous value detached from its survival origins — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 2032; Humanity’s domination of nature fails because inner nature remains unruly — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1260 (+1 more)

Related

• Science became an autonomous value detached from its survival origins (similarity 0.87)
• Science was framed as replacing religion by giving humanity its definitive self-explanation (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Science became an autonomous value detached from its survival origins #corroborates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 2032