[Lullaby Chainer]

Quote by: Zinkovich Since time memorial, we humans have fantasized about an idealist world where understanding and reticence is the norm rather than aggression. Where intellect, and progress, and all of those other wonderful things are the sum whole of our goals as human beings, and where life is a constant moing upward for all involved, rather than a mere moving forward in terms of time. So, since we can imagine such things, and since most of us want such a world(judging by the success of fictional stories where such worlds are created in a simplistic fairy tale manner), why do we not direct ourselves towards it? Why is the majority of the world focused on glitz and glammer, shallowness rather than depth, rightness/apathy rather than a desire to understand? Most of all, is there a way for us to change our/others focus for the better, or are we all just hopeless? Are we just too bloody lazy to form a wordwide attempt at community and understanding- worse yet, has it become unnatural for us to even attempt such a thing? I'd be glad if you guys could give me your advice and point me in the right direction in general , because I feel completely bewildered and lost about this entire issue, to tell you the truth. In fact, the only thing I can reasonably suspect partially contributes to the agression and clannishness of certain segments of humanity is the limitations of resources due to the capital of certain nations(See: America) upon them at the expense of another. Other then that, something human is motivating the rest of this- what is it? Is it more complicated then greed, or ego, or any of those things merely being the culprit? Most of all what can I, or we, or you do about this problem? That, to me, is the ultimate question. P.S. I know the focus of my questions are all over the place, so if you want to direct the discussion to some specific aspect about how humanity in general is "holding itself back" feel free to do so. Also, I know this topic was broad. That was intentional- sometimes it better to look at things in a broader, more generalised perspective.

Real progress is too unrealistic. We need an illusion that'll make everyone happy. The Hedonistic Imperative is where it's at.

Though.. I think what's holding humanity back from real progress.. is the notion that this life is significantly unimportant compared to an imaginary second life in the sky. If everyone would realize that this is our only life to make things better, our only planet (unless we expand) to cultivate our progression on.. then maybe we'd have a more positive attitude and stop wasting time praying to the ruler of our second life.