Do you still have faith in humanity?
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Gone. Reduced to atoms.
Time to give this a watch m8. Never give in.
FYI, it’s geoblocked, so if you are outside the US, switch ur VPN over to the USA to watch it.
no.
no.
Last year I was feeling really down on people and how the world was going. I signed up for a volunteer gig to get outside and be a little productive.
I mainly expected the work to be satisfying, which it was, but my biggest surprise was how great being around like-minded people that also wanted to make our community better felt.
It feels more like hanging out with friends, even though we’re busy as hell, and not like a job because we’re all there by choice, and we get to see on a daily basis how our efforts are helping. It may only be a drop in the bucket, but it’s not as though we’re the only group working for our cause.
It’s one of the most satisfying choices I’ve ever made in my life, and if you can find time (my commitment is 4 hours a week for half the year) it may improve your outlook on things if you’re feeling like everything around you is bad.
Still?
Humanity’s potential…yes.
Humanity’s actuality…no.
Absolutely! Turmoil comes in waves, and after each major challenge, we come out a little better than we were.
We’ve survived worse than this and eventually the world will look back at what was happening now and think, “Sure am glad we aren’t like THAT anymore!”
Hope is a valuable thing, and the feeling of having none isn’t something I would wish on anyone. Hold onto your hope tightly.
Weird. You saying that made me think.
It doesn’t feel like hope. It feels like cold inevitability or statistical probability. Like, some days you hit all green lights, other days they’re all red, but at the end of the day, you still did the same shit you do every day.
Everything changes, but somehow it’s all the same.
No.
Humanity? Sure.
Human institutions? Less and less.
I resent how this question implies I ever had faith in humanity.
Nah.
The good part is that I won’t be around much longer to see it all go to hell in a handbasket.
The bad part is that my kids will.
Sorry about that, kids, I honestly did the best I could.
Technically you could have not had kids. But I get it, I’m in the same boat!
For sure. The people I meet are kind, caring, and responsible. Every time I start to get depressed about humanity, I turn off the internet and go hang with real people.
Yes
Can’t lose what you never had
As a whole, yes. We’ve managed to make it this far, and have strived for progress the whole time. On an individual level, absolutely not.
Based on my own experiences and readings, I’d guesstimate that a good 10% of people are genuinely evil, and another 50% are morons. I would absolutely not bet on those odds when trying to get help. Still, that leaves another 40% who are decent enough to want good, and smart enough to act on it.
Do you think those proportions got worse? Or that the severity of evilness or idiocy increased since the past?
I have my doubts. I think the 40% (it’s probably even lower) has taken us this far, and has a chance to continue.
