Re:The world’s climate goals are not sufficient. They are al...
by mistermann on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:33PM
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> to wit, most people secretly enjoy their problems and suffering. I remember remarking to friends back in high school, in re: "going steady", that it seems like people are less interested in healthy relationships than in finding the kind of pain they favor.
You're right, but while what's going on in threads like this one and others like it shares many similarities with that, I think it plays a minor role. My estimate of what "it" is, is simply: the human ego - the result of millions of years of crude evolution, forced to live in a world for which it has not yet developed appropriate behaviors, likely in no small part to the fact that our technical and humanitarian capabilities have largely brought evolution, biological at least, to a standstill. Our scientists and industrialists have transported us into the future on a physical level, but from an intellectual and spiritual perspective, we are still cavemen.
I agree with all your other ideas, and could add many of my own.
It's rare to encounter anyone who can see outside this bubble, but also possesses a rational mind. Or....an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out, which is typically what my experience has been in religious and spiritual communities.
Unfortunately neither of us have contact information, some day it would be nice to talk with someone else who sees the same things I do, or something reasonably similar. At the very least it would be enjoyable, and who knows, maybe something useful could even come out of it. Surely there must be others out there somewhere.
You're right, but while what's going on in threads like this one and others like it shares many similarities with that, I think it plays a minor role. My estimate of what "it" is, is simply: the human ego - the result of millions of years of crude evolution, forced to live in a world for which it has not yet developed appropriate behaviors, likely in no small part to the fact that our technical and humanitarian capabilities have largely brought evolution, biological at least, to a standstill. Our scientists and industrialists have transported us into the future on a physical level, but from an intellectual and spiritual perspective, we are still cavemen.
I agree with all your other ideas, and could add many of my own.
It's rare to encounter anyone who can see outside this bubble, but also possesses a rational mind. Or....an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out, which is typically what my experience has been in religious and spiritual communities.
Unfortunately neither of us have contact information, some day it would be nice to talk with someone else who sees the same things I do, or something reasonably similar. At the very least it would be enjoyable, and who knows, maybe something useful could even come out of it. Surely there must be others out there somewhere.