Had a couple of beers and this thought passed over me.
Is there anything better to come or have we reached our artificial human peak due to how we live now?
I'm aware there is still a damn lot of disparity in living standards across the globe, but is there anything better to come?
A vast majority of us live in comfort, although being sheep to working lives etc., we have it a damn site better than previous generations (I think), in terms of healthcare, access to technology, living standards etc., obviously this differs vastly depending on how wealthy you are but in general there is a good safety net for most (or am I being too first world centric?).
But, in terms of lifestyle, a lot of the world is very consumer centric (and I'm guilty of this), gobbling vast amounts of power, massive pollution issues, global warming, seas full of plastic, species going extinct, deforestation etc. - are we ever going to solve this before we all eventually self implode or destroy ourselves with the ridiculous weapons at our disposal?
There's nothing I'd love more than a Star Trek fantasy world where we've solved all of these issues and we all get along in harmony for the common good, but as a species I think we have a tendancy for self destructiveness in a bid to gain advancement, there doesn't seem to be a balance in progression to stave off ruining what supports our actual existence.
I might be a million miles off actuality, but I remember a study from school on opportunity cost, where you had to balance the benefit of one thing against the loss of another situation, seems pretty relevant.
Another issue clearly is CoVid, or the next iteration when it arrives, the global transit of persons on the current scale makes it very easy as we have seen for a virus to spread uncontrolled - surely this will also happen again at some point?
Do we need to drastically change our outlook and actions to progress, or do we continue as we are?
Or.....is this just evolution happening?
Sorry for rambling!
Is there anything better to come or have we reached our artificial human peak due to how we live now?
I'm aware there is still a damn lot of disparity in living standards across the globe, but is there anything better to come?
A vast majority of us live in comfort, although being sheep to working lives etc., we have it a damn site better than previous generations (I think), in terms of healthcare, access to technology, living standards etc., obviously this differs vastly depending on how wealthy you are but in general there is a good safety net for most (or am I being too first world centric?).
But, in terms of lifestyle, a lot of the world is very consumer centric (and I'm guilty of this), gobbling vast amounts of power, massive pollution issues, global warming, seas full of plastic, species going extinct, deforestation etc. - are we ever going to solve this before we all eventually self implode or destroy ourselves with the ridiculous weapons at our disposal?
There's nothing I'd love more than a Star Trek fantasy world where we've solved all of these issues and we all get along in harmony for the common good, but as a species I think we have a tendancy for self destructiveness in a bid to gain advancement, there doesn't seem to be a balance in progression to stave off ruining what supports our actual existence.
I might be a million miles off actuality, but I remember a study from school on opportunity cost, where you had to balance the benefit of one thing against the loss of another situation, seems pretty relevant.
Another issue clearly is CoVid, or the next iteration when it arrives, the global transit of persons on the current scale makes it very easy as we have seen for a virus to spread uncontrolled - surely this will also happen again at some point?
Do we need to drastically change our outlook and actions to progress, or do we continue as we are?
Or.....is this just evolution happening?
Sorry for rambling!
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