Humane and inhumane
I don't know if you notice how people change over the years. I mean the people around you and humanity in general. I don't know if this is visible in any way in developed and humane countries, or only in underdeveloped ones, like the country I live in, but I am again in a position to observe people and I can say that things have changed in the last, maybe over 10 years. Maybe because everything around has changed and therefore people have changed too. Unfortunately, not for the better, as I would like and as I was deluded until recently that things had to change. Humanity seems somehow doomed, and it seems like that's the way things are, that's how it was supposed to be. It's always been that way. I imagine what people thought 100 years ago, or 200 years ago, or 500 years ago. I wonder if they didn't say the same thing back then: Everything is getting worse. It's never been as bad as it is now. And yet, we all see some progress from 100 years ago, for example, I couldn't imagine life in the conditions of 50 years ago or even 20 years ago in this country, when everything was so uncomfortable, but on the other hand, the quality of everything is decreasing, the quality of things, of people, the kindness in them, the humanity...
Humanity... what a strange word. Absolutely meaningless, if you ask me. Humanity... which very often we cannot look for in people.
What does humanity mean? I have also told you before that the people in the country where I live are not good people. Of course there are exceptions and I recently met such people right here, so unexpectedly that it is even unbelievable. But in most cases people are evil, and that is perfectly normal, perhaps even justified for people in a poor country. Or are people inherently evil in general?
Proof me wrong!
If that weren't the case, there would be no wars.
And how do you expect there to be no wars when little boys have been playing soldiers since they were little? Have you ever thought about that? We raise our children with soldier figurines, with toy guns, tanks and swords, with computer games, if you will, where the participants shoot and destroy each other in order to survive, and then we expect all this not to be put into practice.
Why do we do it at all?
Why do we grow up this way?
Is this really an inalienable part of us - the desire to kill, to hurt, to survive even when there is no need to. In a poor country like Bulgaria, even people who earn good salaries are also in this survival mode, a desire to hurt, to push away the other person next to you, even if that other person does not threaten you with anything, even after there is no occasion, no reason to worry about anything. Yes, this is woven inside us, it cannot be torn from our essence, it can only grow and mutate.
There are so many illogical things in life on this planet that cannot be understood by some creatures who are probably not humane, because, as I said, humanity is not humanity in the sense that we use. Humanity in its true sense, as something that is inherently inherent in humans, is not humanity, it is inhumanity, I don't know if you understand me. Therefore, if humanity is actually inhumanity, but at the same time stubbornly calls itself humanity, then beings who do not possess and do not understand this so-called humanity are inhuman, right?
So, an inhuman being doesn't understand postulates like: If you want peace, prepare for war. So absurd. But even less does it understand why, when people are placed in the same place, in the same situation, doing the same job together, they must use cunning maneuvers to harm each other, to interfere and compete, to add insult to injury and make life difficult when it is not necessary.
That's why all human beings really need religion, they need someone to remind them that they should behave well, that they shouldn't do evil, and to some extent, for some people, it has an effect. They need all these rituals, they need this story to be told every year at the same time, that they were bad, that someone came to forgive their sins in the hope that they would become better, gave them a list of commandments.
God, imagine if those 10 Commandments didn't exist! What else would have happened on Earth? What would it be like today, if it even existed... humanity and this planet. Would the world, this planet, exist now if someone had not once tried to impose some moral restrictions, to sow a drop of conscience in the evil minds of people?
Personally, I see for myself that here people, even in peacetime, i.e. in the absence of war on the territory of the country, behave as if there was a war. And what would happen if there was a war?
And the artificial intelligence? Can it save us from the lack of humanity in people. Or is it a continuation and result of this very lack? The topic is endless for discussion.
Well, I know I haven't been around for a while and maybe this isn't the most pleasant way to come back on this particular day, but this is perfectly me, you know that. 🙃
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Inhumanity is solid part of humanity from the beginning. Survival being the basic insticnt may stem the need to kill/hurt/mistreat or create violence depending on the context. Some kill in the capacity of defence mechanism, others to claim something, and some do it to satisfy hunger (as among animals). But when it comes to human, hunger could be of any thing. There sure are other reasons but I think we can generalize all in these three.
Religions may rein in some acts of inhumanity but they don't stop wars, do they?
I don't expect much from AI... it's the reflection of humans — with all their flaws. 🤔
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It is logical to generalize them into these three, but it turns out that in some, even large groups of people, inhumanity manifests itself for no apparent reason; it is some kind of initial error in the code that cannot be changed with any genetic engineering. From time to time over the centuries, some psychopaths appear who try to re-populate the earth to get rid of the shortcomings of humans. Of course, this is impossible, so the creation of machines and artificial "intelligence" is some kind of extreme solution in my opinion in this direction, absolutely wrong, like every decision made by humans. Because AI will possess, yes, all the flaws of humans, but it will not possess their good, human qualities.
Yes, that's true. That's why I say: imagine if there were no religions, what would it be like 🤔
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I get it but I still think all kind of inhumane behaviour can somehow be linked back to the basic three. It's possible that people think that they are misbehaving for fun or just because they can; the underlying reason could be totally something else such as fear of losing control or power which brings them back to survival mode.
I also think every generation has their own set of issues. I used to think life was better in 90s but what would I know about the world then, I was just a kid. Similary, my 8yo thinks life is good right now and I think opposite. He doesn't have that much exposure and experiences yet as I do. Having said that, I'm not denying the unwanted access to almost everything given by technology will be an ever increasing threat to every generation in the future. So yeah, things are getting out of control. We don't need gunfires or nuclear blasts to initiate wars anymore, we are fighting many other wars and heading towards chaos anyways.
Chaotic.
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I don't believe that people are inherently evil. I think it's more the case that they are made so by education, their environment or propaganda.
I have read that without newspapers there would have been no First World War and without radio there would have been no Second World War. There seems to me to be some truth in that, because how else could people be told: The others are the bad guys, we are the good guys and to defend good we must now do evil. It's always the same game...
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I certainly don't need religion to behave well and correctly and decently. I agree with your observation that people are changing. They have probably always done so and it is part of evolution. In the end, those who succeed best in adapting to external circumstances survive. I suspect it won't be the warriors...
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Now it occurs to me that in fact a large part of external circumstances are circumstances that we ourselves, humans, create. If we are in some special situation now, it is because a large part of people wanted it and brought things to this point. In this line of thought, people do and should adapt to themselves, this is another paradox and nonsense.😁
I don't know if you have any idea how many people exist on this Earth who need instructions and explicit prompting for elementary daily activities, such as: not throwing my trash in nature, not killing that innocent creature in front of me (invertebrate or vertebrate), not hurting the person in front of me who has done nothing to me... Imagine what the situation is with the more complex things in life.
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You're right: I have no such idea. May be because I don't want to imagine people, adult men and women, without such intrinsic motivation and rules...
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Reminds me on Nietzschean ways of thought...
The concept and purpose of 'Religion' is very complex, but one point is just as you said, I fear: that more than few people are trained to follow moral rules and ethic principles only in religious contexts...
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I must note that, amidst all the meaninglessness, boredom, annoying rules, even fanaticism in some parts of the world, for the first time I am able to recognize the merits of this human creation (religion). It was necessary, infinitely necessary, to preserve our limited world on this small, unfortunate planet, at least until now, albeit in this form. And I'm not against people who follow moral rules and ethical principles only in religious contexts. This is still something, it's still some kind of achievement above human nature.
It is easier and quicker to destroy than build from scratch.
It is easier to plunder than work hard.
Pirates will continue to exist and more money will be spend on weapons for defense and offense.
Probably religions help a bit but they don't manage to stop the most evil ones.
It's just embedded in "human" nature...
Not the most positive comeback, as you say, but that's jsut you, I suppose :)
Keep it up! :)))
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The greatest irony is that the only person who called for disarmament and peace died today. It seems no coincidence. At least in the spiritual sense.
Wait, what strikes me most is that I am only realizing these things now. I wish I had known them at least 20 years ago. Then I would have rearranged my life differently, had other priorities, hopes, even desires... This is so disappointing.😄