Humans Don’t Deserve (or Can’t Handle) These Things…

“With great power comes great responsibility.” — Ancient adage (not just Spiderman’s uncle)

Humans are so into their many powers these days that they are oblivious to the consequences of irresponsibly wielding said powers. In many ways it reminds me of the viral video clip where the guerrilla fighters hand a machine-gun to a chimpanzee who then shoots up the place in no time. It’s hilarious because of how foolish and inevitable the outcome was. Honestly, we can’t handle technology any better than chimps can and we are basically shooting up the whole planet, including the atmosphere and oceans.

Sure, there are many individuals who have a developed sense of responsibility and are more circumspect in their abuse of power but I’m talking on a social level, the statistical culmination of a million cuts. I’m talking about our overall inability to help ourselves and worse, our delusional approach to so many things where we hide our heads in the sand, ignore inconvenient facts and kick the responsibility bucket down the road for another round of stupidity.

Take a look at this partial list of things we can’t handle or control properly that we use every day:

Guns—This one is obvious. While guns aren’t an existential threat to the whole biosphere, they are a threat to peaceful society…