What is it that a man would desire above all ?

Beauty. We all seek beauty. It is to match that which we perceive outside ourselves to that which is within us. When there is no discrepancy between these two, a man is truly satisfied.

The end goal of technology is to control all of reality with the mind. First, we use tools to shorten the time and energy required to perform a task. Then we find ways to automate processes. Ultimately, we wish to eliminate the barriers of time and space altogether, such that reality immediately conforms to our will. In this there is beauty, for it is whatever we desire - a mirror of ourselves.

Full integration of the mind within reality by expansion of consciousness is the end goal of life. When there is no longer any difference between the perceiver and the perceived, the utmost beauty is found. This, then, is to be desired above all else, for after this there is no desire.
 
Re: What is it that a man would desire above all

The heart seeks pleasure, first of all,
and then, respite from pain.
And then,those little anodynes,
that deaden suffering.
And then to sleep. And then, if it
should be the will of its' Creator,
The liberty to die.

Emily Dickinson
 
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