Plan9

As a species over time? I disagree. I feel we, as a whole race, created our version of the "best of all possible worlds" in each population at any given time in known history. This is not to say the individual experience was awesome (slavery, Holocaust, Friends reruns), but our "hot animal machine" goals have always been the same it seems.

I think our primary instincts are no different than that of a flesh-eating bacteria. Take away our toys and how philosophical are we? About as philosophical as a carrion-eater circling above the African savanna during a drought.

Consume, procreate, consume, procreate. We assign meaning to the consumption to make it a more viable option due to all our free time thanks to "modern" luxury.

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