Racing
Today I learned why our society is so screwed up. We want to better our society by coming up with a theory which will blow each other’s minds away. The problem is that, normally, someone else is thinking the same thing. So it becomes a race to get your solution out there first.
Darwin could have perfected his theory a little more, but he wanted to get his book out. Not that his theory was wrong, but if he had specified a little more, then maybe the term Social Darwinism (essentially a term for subjecting the masses into deeper poverty, as well as laying the blame on them) would have never been coined.
Isn’t it interesting that not only was Darwin ruining someone else’s chances of promise, but also helped to spur a movement which ruined millions of others chances of leading a more comfortable lifestyle?
So, yes. We want to help our society. But I think sometimes there’s too much emphasis on the fact that you have to be the brilliant one.
I disagree. Be smart, get it right. Stop corrupting our society with ideas that have a lot of truth in them, but are just screwy enough to make us worse.
Another example: we realized something was wrong in our dietary system. So we cut out fats. That didn’t help. We cut carbs. That still hasn’t helped. Now we’re cutting protein. Each person just wants to be the amazing wonder who proves everyone else wrong and is put on a pedestal.
I don’t think it’s worth it. It’s nice for you. I wouldn’t mind that kind of fame. But first I need to deserve it, and have a motivation outside of selfish gain.
