Quote (Beowulf @ Oct 13 2018 03:49pm)
Generally speaking we are less violent than ever as we become more connected than ever
that happens because of years of decent people fighting for decency with love for other life.
We choose how we treat other people and when we treat them better even when it's hardest the world changes for the better. We have that power for good and for all the bad we've done to each other and and our home there were people in the middle fighting against it.
Fighting for decency. We are here in our historically most comfortable position in life because of the people fighting against the harm and injustices that would have ended us many times over without them
Not all people act with empathy and compassion but so many have the ability to. We have the power to create peace.
Good and evil are
ambiguous notions.
There is a third element to take into account:
how significant it is.
Imagine that I spend my life saving the life of ants.
Is this good? Yes.
But is it significant? No.
Native Americans are well-intentioned people, but they can not quite distinguish what is significant from what is not significant.
Good intentions are not enough to be a good person.
To be a good person, you also have to be smart.
There is need of will and capacity.You pretend to do good, but what have you done that is good?Have you made significant progress in physics, like Albert Einstein? No.
Have you created a stable and fair political system with the three powers separated? No.
Have you created a major technological breakthrough, like Alan Turing or Bill Gates? No.
Have you manufactured products, like Chinese? No.
Did you fight Hitler, like the Russians? Not really.
You pretend to do good, but what have you done that is good?
I think you have not done anything that is significantly good.
So please,
be humble.
Admit that you have not brought many positive things to society yet, and try to improve.