We haven't even come close to figuring out or even being sufficiently empathetic to the suffering we cause, to other humans and other creatures. I don't think t

We haven't even come close to figuring out or even being sufficiently empathetic to the suffering we cause, to other humans and other creatures. I don't think those creatures want or need our pity with regards to suffering that is inherent to life (as well as to joy -- I make a Taoist point there). The alternative to the suffering (and joy) inherent to advanced (feeling or conscious) life forms is either a universe without advanced life, or very robotic life, or... Can advanced life evolve, physically or culturally, to a point where individuals aren't predominantly selfish? Selfism is the root of all evil. If you look behind every moral failure or myopic human decision, it's people making very locally (tribal/space/time) optimized decisions at the expense of the greater and longer term good.