All right Trubadur, I'll fux wit ya. I feared this thread turned into a stupid he said, she said hissy fit argument.
Yeah I feel the same way. That humanity as a whole missed the mark on it's potential mostly because for most of history a few have seeked to bend the masses to their will to make their short lives better. This is nothing new nor something relegated to history as I can example with Bernie Madoff and Enron just for effect. There will always be someone trying to screw someone over and I truly believe that all great fortunes were made on an amoral or illegal act.
That being said I accept this as true and shall continue for all time. I dream of a eudaemonia type society but there will be those who can't fathom the logic and reason being used and will clamour for power as to not be left by the wayside. So this I can not envision to come to pass.
Which brings me to my point. Yeah we as humans missed our potential, sure. Time goes on and maybe one day we'll reach it. Technology is being developed and advanced at increasingly exponential rates. But the individuals I meet on a day-to-day basis just say things that make me look at them and wonder how they remembered to breath this morning.
The ratio of the stupid to intelligent is just astounding.
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Originally Posted by Trubadur
What a man can do is to find something that is his and build an Island for himself.
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that would be my plan.
*side note to Trubadur - I agree almost with your signature. I believe in evolution and that it is a slow unperceptable process. I am better than my parents just as my offspring will be better than me. Thanks to free will though whether or not the next generation lives up to the potential is their choice. But they have the opportunity to be better than I ever could. And that thought gives me hope.