Modernity is too often the refuge of mediocrity!

If we do not campaign to conquer the universe, the universe will inevitably conquer us, thus returning to a state of lifeless indifference.

I reject the argument completely.
The pproposition is that Humans should master the world through reason and science to 'produce a more hospitable world for themselves .... so that it may serve the needs of human beings'
I would suggest that seeking to live as part of the natural world, in a manner that allows all species to thrive should be the prime directive of humanity ... humans should act as conservators, not masters

Nothing is modern for more than a very brief time span....everything is outmoded and superseded, almost as soon as it happens. Thoughts and ideas can prevail for much longer than material things, but they are not immune to becoming obsolete when challenged by scientific facts and our more advanced knowledge of how the universe works. What is not reasonable is to believe that all new thinking is better and discard old philosophies just because they are old. The belief that God created and controls everything persists in people’s minds even when no evidence exists to substantiate it and is a contradiction to the idea of modernity. Since the great Enlightenment in the 18th century we progressed steadily in what was considered to be the “modernity” era until the early 20th century when we entered the “post modern” age. I believe we have now entered a very unstable period in our history when there are alarming signs of regression in our development. I don’t know how historians will deal with this time we are now living through, or what they will call it, but I hope it’s only a temporary aberration and that we can recover our collective reason, and soon.

Doing the same shit over and over and always completely missing the point.