As a more sassy point here I’ll say something like “we talk a great game about how we want to improve the world and have billions in resources but seem to have a very immature understanding of ourselves as a community”.
It seems to me either we should have a lower opinion of ourselves or we should do some community introspection. If as a community we were a person, this level of reflection/synthesis seems more like that of a child than of a mature and well-integrated adult.
Who are we, what do we want, what do we fear, how do we deal with trauma, how do we change our minds? All of these are questions that a mature person can answer, that a reckless and powerful youth might not. I think we are closer to the latter than we think.
This is my weak view, not some kind of median view. Unless it gets lots of upvotes, in which case...
As a more sassy point here I’ll say something like “we talk a great game about how we want to improve the world and have billions in resources but seem to have a very immature understanding of ourselves as a community”.
It seems to me either we should have a lower opinion of ourselves or we should do some community introspection. If as a community we were a person, this level of reflection/synthesis seems more like that of a child than of a mature and well-integrated adult.
Who are we, what do we want, what do we fear, how do we deal with trauma, how do we change our minds? All of these are questions that a mature person can answer, that a reckless and powerful youth might not. I think we are closer to the latter than we think.
This is my weak view, not some kind of median view. Unless it gets lots of upvotes, in which case...