No I’m not being sarcastic, I mean it. I know everyday we hear about how bad things are getting, Environment, War, Death, Pestilence etc... but I still think that we are better off than we ever were and things are only going to get better...Why? Ok read on...
Firstly, there’s just a lot more of us today and the numbers are only going to increase, presently we are 7.042 billion, yeah I googled it and more on that later, but I know what all of you are thinking, How is more better? But it is! You see we forget that Humanity exists because of humans, and the more there are of us the more Humanity, of course there will always be more of the inhumane stuff but its up to us to look at what we want. its like mining for Gold...we got to get through a lot of rock to find gold, we don’t think of all the layers of rock or sediment or whatever we have to go through to find the gold but as long as its there, we are willing to dig and sift and keep filling our unending need for it.
So why cant it be with humanity, just cause we may need to sift out some of the bad elements does not take away from the fact that there is “gold” there, lots of it and its only increasing.
Ok now to my next point...Google, yes you knew this was coming. Anyway, when I say Google what I mean is the internet, the connected world with all of its myriad offsprings of search engines, operating systems and social networks.
There is a thought that the internet has isolated us, it has made us into a world where no one is watching and our basest most depraved part is coming out to wreak havoc on humanity. This is possibly true, to an extent, but I also believe that this base part of ourselves is there, whether we like it or not, it is hidden under layers of designer clothes and perfume, waiting for a chance to strike. I think the internet has given it an outlet, an ability, no rather a permission to be bad, to be who we are from inside, without judgement and without consequences. And I think this outlet will finally liberate us. It will first expose the dichotomy of what we truly are and what we appear to be and when it has blown over we can truly be a civilized people, where we are as much in acceptance of our animal and baser urges as we are of our higher ones.
And to my last and final point...where we are headed is actually not really up to us. We constitute such a minuscule part of the overall plan that it is ridiculous to think that there might even be a future for us in terms of the Universe. Just to put things into perspective, the Universe is about 14 billion years old (thats billion with a B), we appeared 200,000 years ago on Earth which itself is just 3.5 billion years old. So our future is really uncertain, whether we destroy each other or get destroyed in a celestial cataclysm is anyones guess. I think its pointless worrying about how we can improve everything and we should rather just concentrate on seeing where this evolution of man is headed, maybe we are programmed to self destruct at some point and if that is the case, then no amount of “improvement” is going to make a difference.
So I say enjoy the ride, look at life as a work in progress. We are not perfect, and may never be, or we might just surprise everyone and achieve ascension (Ok I confess, have been watching too much “Stargate”). Either way, being human is not written in stone. The term humanity is flexible, it will keep changing as long as we keep evolving and we should just accept that...just believe that wherever we are headed, it is good!
