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You will always have the haves and have-nots. You will always have tribal borders. The haves will gain and use knowledge and technology to make their lives an
by tenebrisalietum 7y ago
You will always have the haves and have-nots. You will always have tribal borders.
The haves will gain and use knowledge and technology to make their lives and those of their tribe easier and it will benefit them more than those of the have-nots.
So written language containing the body of science and technical knowledge benefits them always. The effect on the entire species is unimportant to those with comfortable, limited lives.
Other non-technical written language to create a world of mystical morality to keep the other side in check also benefits the haves.
Until the human species changes into something new where competitive behavior is not a base need/instinct, nothing will ever change.
You can't escape this.
- overcast 7y agoSo basically the evolutionary gift we've received, is being wasted on us.
- ficklepickle 7y ago100%. We have a powerful conscious mind that we use to rationalize our primate biases. It used to bum me out, but I've developed a more zen-like outlook. It just is. Everything just is.
- kazagistar 7y agoThis is an ideological claim, not a normative one. I will similarly claim with st least as much validity that humans can cooperate more then compete in the right context and dont need to be physically changed to do so.