Martholomeow t1_iwvuvp5 wrote
“For the first time in human history, our fate is almost entirely in our hands. But our ethics has hardly progressed since the Greeks and our biology and psychology is the same as our hunter-gatherer ancestors: we are nepotistic, tribalist free riders prone to violence and fanaticism who hold a causal sense of responsibility, shunning the disastrous effects of our omissions. “
LOL Julian Savulescu put that pretty well!
ruffalohearts t1_iwyel0i wrote
this actually means nothing
LORD_HOKAGE_ t1_iwywahv wrote
The Greeks supported slavery. Religious prosecution. Low age of sexual consent. Racism. They tried to segregate poor people from the wealthy. They had a crazy social hierarchy, where they bought people to teach their kids. The list goes on, our ethics have changed 100 fold in modern locations.
From the moment of birth we are nothing like hunter gatherers. We are in a society and are expected to conform to that society, white collar, meetings, and 1st world problems are what we face now, the average office man wouldn’t even know what to do in a fight, has no instinct of combat, and will sequel run away and call his lawyer and the police at the same time. We are far from our hardened hunter gather ancestors. Shit even Christopher Columbus or John smith was much closer to hunter gatherer instinct and mind set than my chubby office worker self. We just don’t need those skills anymore being near ferel is not going to help me on the office or win an argument with my wife before dinner. Not even going to help me in a fight cause we don’t use hands anymore
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