It's interesting how...

[Nobu]

...so many people, including in the richest country on earth (America), are unknowledgeable with instant unlimited access to all the world's knowledge.

Finishing up school and reflecting, and I realized how much time I've spent teaching myself using free online lectures from MIT, Stanford, etc. and thinking how amazing that is. We all have access to virtually all the world's knowledge instantly. I could ask a question on a Q&A site or send an email and one of the best minds in the world on that topic could reply to me.

We live in a world of abundance, it's just not evenly distributed. We could feed everyone. We could give everyone a world class education via the internet connected devices that very soon every human on earth will have. Most the obstacles are social including racism. For example, there's nothing really stopping the US government from printing some money to fix up black neighborhoods, fixing up the schools and paying teachers properly etc. like they do for the military if they wanted to.

In the past, a lot of these challenges of advancing society were because it seemed logistically impossible with the technology at the time. That's less and less true. And it would become even less true the more we educate people, since those educated people would go on to invent new technologies.

It's both inspiring and disappointing depending on how you look at it. Inspiring in the sense that we know life could be so much better if we "only" solved these social issues, disappointing when you realize how much better the world could be right now if these social issues didn't exist.

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

Yup..at the end of day, life is pretty simple....most of the resources are out there like you said.

 

[SupremexKing]

this is why i self isolate a lot of the time. there are so many books, articles studies and various sources out there to learn on virtually anything,,,and yet people refuse to challenge themselves and their mediocre world views.

the biggest issue on the planet is white supremacy, and like brother fuller said, "if you don't understand white supremacy, everything else will confuse you,". for whatever reason black people refuse to learn. got a little off topic but i think this touches on what you're saying. people having an issue, and refusing to actually learn or do anything about it.

 

[thekingsmen]

this is why i self isolate a lot of the time. there are so many books, articles studies and various sources out there to learn on virtually anything,,,and yet people refuse to challenge themselves and their mediocre world views.

the biggest issue on the planet is white supremacy, and like brother fuller said, "if you don't understand white supremacy, everything else will confuse you,". for whatever reason black people refuse to learn. got a little off topic but i think this touches on what you're saying. people having an issue, and refusing to actually learn or do anything about it.

See I respect you isolating yourself on your own time and reasons. Here is the kicker though: If White Supremacy is the biggest issue on the planet why when it's addressed at a certain level, it's caught off completely as Conspiracy Theories?

 

[SupremexKing]

See I respect you isolating yourself on your own time and reasons. Here is the kicker though: If White Supremacy is the biggest issue on the planet why when it's addressed at a certain level, it's caught off completely as Conspiracy Theories?

what?

 

[thekingsmen]

what?

If a tight knit controlled system that has dominated black and brown people all over the world, why do people stop questioning it when it goes up a few notches?

 

[Software]

See I respect you isolating yourself on your own time and reasons. Here is the kicker though: If White Supremacy is the biggest issue on the planet why when it's addressed at a certain level, it's caught off completely as Conspiracy Theories?

Because it is a conspiracy but it isn't a theory it's a fact and people are afforded just enough comfort and fear to not go against the status quo

 

[thekingsmen]

Because it is a conspiracy but it isn't a theory it's a fact and people are afforded just enough comfort and fear to not go against the status quo

This is a good answer.

 

[The_Truth]

As technology gets smarter, people get dumber.

 

[cheek100]

If a tight knit controlled system that has dominated black and brown people all over the world, why do people stop questioning it when it goes up a few notches?

theres a story of two slaves working in the field. They both saw the overseer forget to lock the gate one afternoon. Later that night one of the slaves tried to escape but the gate was locked because the other slave told the overseer he forgot to lock it.

 

[TL15]

Though all of your points are incredibly valid, one very primal instinct in humans (and animals) is competition. Humans are one of the most communal animals/species (I think Bees and Ants are the only ones more communal) but there is still competition within the species.

Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s collective human nature to “take care of everyone”. I think it’s more natural to find similar people (whether that is in how you look or more advanced how you think/believe) and protect those people. Protection could be against nature, against other people, or just hoarding resources.

 

[thekingsmen]

As technology gets smarter, people get dumber.

Word, it's there to distract and entertain us.

 

[SupremexKing]

Though all of your points are incredibly valid, one very primal instinct in humans (and animals) is competition. Humans are one of the most communal animals/species (I think Bees and Ants are the only ones more communal) but there is still competition within the species.

Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s collective human nature to “take care of everyone”. I think it’s more natural to find similar people (whether that is in how you look or more advanced how you think/believe) and protect those people. Protection could be against nature, against other people, or just hoarding resources.

there's no such thing as collective human nature

 

[TL15]

there's no such thing as collective human nature

you're 100% right

Let me rephrase. I don’t think it’s natural for any sect of humans to want to protect outside of their sect. If we look at human history, we see far more “war” between two separate groups of humans than we see peaceful blending. I think that can illustrate my point more than anything

 

[SupremexKing]

If a tight knit controlled system that has dominated black and brown people all over the world, why do people stop questioning it when it goes up a few notches?

because black people value negro trinkets and clout, rather than intangibles like self determination and racial esteem.