Bigby

In this post, I make the case that:

You need to start saying: “I’m going to choose not to accept your doomerism worldview, bro.”

Just conversing with people nowadays (25 Years old, Gen Z, New England USA) feels like dodging landmines of bad vibes. Yeah there are a lot of global conflicts going on (tell me a time when there wasn’t?), and I’m sure you’re more aware of XYZ because of the internet and the ghastly algorithmic media feed experiment going on right now. We’re more aware than ever, but also I would make the case that we are less barbaric on the whole as we’ve ever been as a species.

The world still has its bad though, but also keep in mind most people (the vast majority) are good actors. Most people WANT to build good things, relationships and experiences. Life is about growth, experience, love, joy.

The world is actually presenting the best time to be alive for a human in all of our history. We have the best comforts, the best available nutrition (not to say all have access or all take advantage), can communicate and travel anywhere around the world faster than ever before, we just sent 4 humans off towards the moon again.

Don’t come at me every second of the day with “we COULD have these resources but the elites are hoarding it.” That’s true, I agree with you. But you don’t have to let them ruin your human experience, since everything you gripe about that isn’t an ideal or optimal situation wasn’t even a possibility 500 years ago. Pick your battles and adopt perspective. This is how I choose to think on it, to offer me the chance to be grateful of life.

I guess what im saying is there are 8 billion of us humans, and the point of life (to me) is about proliferation and to learn more about ourselves. There are single issue humans, you could devote your whole life to a modern social issue, but you don’t have to. There are plenty of humans out there doing the work.

Always remember too the best move may be to do nothing. I would say it’s easier to mess things up quickly. Everyone in history thought they were the good guy. I like to keep the quote around “do gooders are closest to evil.” I distrust those who make deep claims about moving the tides of society when politics is also a deep popularity contest.

On the science: We understand so much of the universe and can alter genetic code. We just took a digital photograph of the earth from 30,000 miles away (pictured below)

Some people, when you tell them this, refuse to believe that we should be happy about progress and will tell you “All of the media I’m seeing is telling me this handful of 1,000 or so humans in the elite class is making my human experience bad.” Yea, every nail needs to be hammered when you view everything through these very finite lenses. Money controls some things. You view money as god and so these people will always have power over you.

In the context of living in a hierarchical society, it’s always been the case, we find structure and we name leaders. I think we are best governed in small groups with limited restrictions, enough so prevent violence and crime from those who lack the morals to self govern. Necessary. And also necessary we take care of each other, which has always been a capacity within us. The oldest evidence for human compassion being in the 30,000 year old fossil of the woman with a broken femur which had been broken and then repaired (seemingly) by others in her group.

That’s what I’m talking about! That’s who WE are.

I prefer to think of the last 10,000 years comparatively. Can one have a good flourishing life? Yes.

It isn’t all power dynamics. It isn’t all about what the perceived elites are doing. What makes them elite? You are human, no less than them. Sure the world has bad actors, but what do they have to do with your own story.

Some people no matter the context will try and suck you into their doomerism. It’s very important you say “No, I’m choosing to think optimistically and be the light that I’d like to see in the world.”

I will be the good in my community. I will not be greedy. I will be honest and build.

Have a great day 😁