We must face a confronting truth: if humanity does not divert from its current course, our generation will likely witness the demise of one of Earth’s great natural wonders.
I disagree that it was a good run. There have been great people, great ideas… but they’ll all get washed away to nothing in the deluge of those who are empty and careless. I think that’s really what bothers me the most. It’s not that there are so many terribly stupid people. It’s that the intelligent people are so exceedingly rare that they cease to matter within the masses. Actually, maybe that is truly the problem. Intelligence inequality. If we were all stupid or all smart, I feel that everything would be less tragic. If we were all stupid, I and others wouldn’t be intelligent enough to experience the differential that causes suffering. If we were all smart, climate change wouldn’t even be an issue. There are people who do want to help, who do want better. Few can hear. Most can’t even understand when they do. That is unfortunately the nature of being alternative. Perhaps eventually such won’t be alternative. Only time can truly tell. Perhaps being human will be something to be proud of… however, I sincerely doubt it. The death we have caused just because we could, within my lifetime let alone further, is basically unforgivable. Our current global oligarchs make Hitler look like a removed. The devastation that has ensued in the last half century and what’s coming in the near future is beyond atrocious. The struggle that so many people live every single day, the torture that so many species are actively experiencing, we humans have turned our planet into a literal hell. Maybe something will miraculously break the societal bubble, people will realize how wrong everything has become, and we’ll have a sudden burst of sociological evolution. Many are trying! There’s just so many more that aren’t. In fact, the ones that are most against those trying are the ones with the most power in our world. Until that changes, the odds against us all do seem insurmountable.
I disagree that it was a good run. There have been great people, great ideas… but they’ll all get washed away to nothing in the deluge of those who are empty and careless. I think that’s really what bothers me the most. It’s not that there are so many terribly stupid people. It’s that the intelligent people are so exceedingly rare that they cease to matter within the masses. Actually, maybe that is truly the problem. Intelligence inequality. If we were all stupid or all smart, I feel that everything would be less tragic. If we were all stupid, I and others wouldn’t be intelligent enough to experience the differential that causes suffering. If we were all smart, climate change wouldn’t even be an issue. There are people who do want to help, who do want better. Few can hear. Most can’t even understand when they do. That is unfortunately the nature of being alternative. Perhaps eventually such won’t be alternative. Only time can truly tell. Perhaps being human will be something to be proud of… however, I sincerely doubt it. The death we have caused just because we could, within my lifetime let alone further, is basically unforgivable. Our current global oligarchs make Hitler look like a removed. The devastation that has ensued in the last half century and what’s coming in the near future is beyond atrocious. The struggle that so many people live every single day, the torture that so many species are actively experiencing, we humans have turned our planet into a literal hell. Maybe something will miraculously break the societal bubble, people will realize how wrong everything has become, and we’ll have a sudden burst of sociological evolution. Many are trying! There’s just so many more that aren’t. In fact, the ones that are most against those trying are the ones with the most power in our world. Until that changes, the odds against us all do seem insurmountable.
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