[quote=scaredyclassic]Still, anecdotes…or rather, stories and the emotions they trigger, are how we are wired to understand the world.
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We’re wired to do/think/feel/understand a lot of different things that really don’t translate well into living in a civilization. A small tribe, maybe. That’s kind of what we’re wired for. But not a civilization. It is up to us as rational beings to understand this, and to develop methods of coping with living in a civilization despite our wiring.
So far, I have to say we humans have been sucking at that. We continue to assault, kill, and rape each other. We’re xenophobic and ignorant. Etcetera.
If we want to survive in a tribe, we’re wired wonderfully. But to thrive in a civilization, not so much. If we don’t understand and accept this, we’ll never thrive. And if we keep listening to the wrong people, we’ll never understand and accept this.
Listen to me, motherf’ers, and everything will be great.
(kidding)
