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This is unfair. In an uncaring universe, humans have done quite well. The world was never “fixed” for us to break, and it never will be. The fact most of us liv
by wussboy 5y ago
This is unfair. In an uncaring universe, humans have done quite well. The world was never “fixed” for us to break, and it never will be. The fact most of us live in civil societies of any kind is a miracle or the first order.
I get frustrated at this nihilism. A quick trip to any point in the part would reveal how truly lucky we are right now, and would inspire us to drag our sorry species even further from the abyss.
- WJW 5y agoThings can be quite far from "the absolute worst" and still be quite far from perfect, too.
- waynesonfire 5y agowe're not that far from absolute worst. the world is savage. Continuing my rant, it's one of the things I like about Jordan Peterson. His ideas face this fact head-on. He reminds listeners and readers of this and then presents his ideas given this truth. It seems to me that a philosophical idea that doesn't incorporate that as a basis is fundamentally flawed as it's a pretty important detail.
- WJW 5y agoWe're absolutely quite far from the absolute worst. The world could've been entirely uninhabitable for example, think "without an athmosphere at all" kind of uninhabitable. That would've been a way worse outcome than what we have today. I see no reason to limit the range of "worst to best" outcomes to the ones usually imagined in political debates.