how do rate humanity in general?
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I don't know how I feel about this question, mainly because there isn't a way to judge the collective kindness of humanity. Sure, there are stats to reflect charity donations, for example, but that's only one tiny little scratch on the coin. There's so much to consider that can only be decided upon by our hearts, so much that has happened that ultimately relies on our own experience. All we can rely upon is our emotional interpretation of what we know of the world, which in this case, is heavily biased by the experiences we have gone through in our lives. Nevertheless, I will try.
There isn't a definitive answer for this - there are so many people that can be classified as 'good', so many that be classified as 'bad', and a large majority in the middle. I think most of us try to be good people, kind people. Or we try to try. We're told to be moral, virtuous people - generally abiding upon the same principles across cultures. The specifics differ upon religious views; experiences one has had in life; cultural influence; familial/peer influence and so forth. But most of us try to live up to the moral code that we have come to understand over our lifetime. In short, we live up to our own definition of ethics.
I suppose I could be That Person and bring up the ideological influence on our morality. That is so say, capitalism, socialism and communism. As we all know, the system of capitalism asks us to disregard others for the pursuit of individual satisfaction, to use whatever means you have to get whatever you need. It's not a system that encourages kindness. It'd be redundant to go on about the Evil of Capitalism, as we are (or should be) well aware of how unrestrained capitalism has affected the world. I bring it up as an example of an outright selfish influence on our morality that we cannot avoid. It's an omnipresent aspect of the Western world, where capitalism flourishes and most of us live in. It's something we can't escape and it has shaped our respective society at every level. That being said, we can fight against the influence and reclaim the bit of morality that was unconsciously stolen from us at birth. The same goes for any ideology we are born into. They're influences but not absolutes.
At times I can be heavily cynical about the future of humankind: I don't think we'll be here in 500 years, for starters. We're in a world where some people would rather kill a person for their gender identity than try to understand them. CEOs give the clear to pollute the planet in order to chase profit. If you look through the charcoal-tinted glasses, then you'll see the awful world you expect. Humankind is filled with scum. If you look through the rose-tinted glasses, you'll see that there's also just as many (and more) who are inherently charitable, loving people. Almost perfect in their grace. But if you look through the non-tinted glasses, you'll see the majority of humanity: flawed, but trying to live their life to the best they can, whatever way they believe is best. They want more for humankind, they want to eliminate the evils that plague us. Or, they want to want more. They're human.
To answer the question, I put humanity at a 7.
There isn't a definitive answer for this - there are so many people that can be classified as 'good', so many that be classified as 'bad', and a large majority in the middle. I think most of us try to be good people, kind people. Or we try to try. We're told to be moral, virtuous people - generally abiding upon the same principles across cultures. The specifics differ upon religious views; experiences one has had in life; cultural influence; familial/peer influence and so forth. But most of us try to live up to the moral code that we have come to understand over our lifetime. In short, we live up to our own definition of ethics.
I suppose I could be That Person and bring up the ideological influence on our morality. That is so say, capitalism, socialism and communism. As we all know, the system of capitalism asks us to disregard others for the pursuit of individual satisfaction, to use whatever means you have to get whatever you need. It's not a system that encourages kindness. It'd be redundant to go on about the Evil of Capitalism, as we are (or should be) well aware of how unrestrained capitalism has affected the world. I bring it up as an example of an outright selfish influence on our morality that we cannot avoid. It's an omnipresent aspect of the Western world, where capitalism flourishes and most of us live in. It's something we can't escape and it has shaped our respective society at every level. That being said, we can fight against the influence and reclaim the bit of morality that was unconsciously stolen from us at birth. The same goes for any ideology we are born into. They're influences but not absolutes.
At times I can be heavily cynical about the future of humankind: I don't think we'll be here in 500 years, for starters. We're in a world where some people would rather kill a person for their gender identity than try to understand them. CEOs give the clear to pollute the planet in order to chase profit. If you look through the charcoal-tinted glasses, then you'll see the awful world you expect. Humankind is filled with scum. If you look through the rose-tinted glasses, you'll see that there's also just as many (and more) who are inherently charitable, loving people. Almost perfect in their grace. But if you look through the non-tinted glasses, you'll see the majority of humanity: flawed, but trying to live their life to the best they can, whatever way they believe is best. They want more for humankind, they want to eliminate the evils that plague us. Or, they want to want more. They're human.
To answer the question, I put humanity at a 7.
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I didn't even know you can put humankind and humanity into numbers. I suppose that happens when you're told, everyone is a different individual. Then again, people always talk about having the same rights, which contradicts individuality a little bit, in my opinion, but that's not the question at hand.
Unfortunately it's beyond me to judge other people, for the most part, because I'm not a particularly social person, which means that any number I'd give would come from someone, who only interacts with other people on rare occasions, meaning that it wouldn't be as close to the real answer (and I like being as close to the truth as possible) as it needs to be in order to come to a somewhat accurat conclusion.
I suppose, for every kind person there's always someone who's not so kind, so everything would even itself out. Then again, for every not so kind person, there's a reason why they are that way. Some might choose that way, while others never had a choice to begin with. Those would have been kind, if only the circumstances were a little bit different (which is even more complicated, if said circumstances were caused by a kind person's decision) and if those changed, maybe they'd change as well.
Can't jugde humanity, but would like to know how the thread creator rates it.
Unfortunately it's beyond me to judge other people, for the most part, because I'm not a particularly social person, which means that any number I'd give would come from someone, who only interacts with other people on rare occasions, meaning that it wouldn't be as close to the real answer (and I like being as close to the truth as possible) as it needs to be in order to come to a somewhat accurat conclusion.
I suppose, for every kind person there's always someone who's not so kind, so everything would even itself out. Then again, for every not so kind person, there's a reason why they are that way. Some might choose that way, while others never had a choice to begin with. Those would have been kind, if only the circumstances were a little bit different (which is even more complicated, if said circumstances were caused by a kind person's decision) and if those changed, maybe they'd change as well.
Can't jugde humanity, but would like to know how the thread creator rates it.
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On a individual basis, it varies. Very rarely have I met anyone I'd put at lower than a 5.
Humanity as a whole is a different story. It cannot be trusted to run itself, as there has yet to be a single form of governance in all of history that has not been negatively altered by corruption, totalitarianism, and moral decay. Of course, without any governance, the chaos that would likely be commonplace is hardly any better. People spend most of their time aggressively seeking out differences that they can fight over rather than searching for similarities they can rally behind, making it nigh impossible for humanity to unite toward a common goal, and making it far more likely we'll cause our own demise. I am somewhat of a cynic, so take my rating with a grain of salt, but I'd rate humanity as a whole at 2 on a good day.
Humanity as a whole is a different story. It cannot be trusted to run itself, as there has yet to be a single form of governance in all of history that has not been negatively altered by corruption, totalitarianism, and moral decay. Of course, without any governance, the chaos that would likely be commonplace is hardly any better. People spend most of their time aggressively seeking out differences that they can fight over rather than searching for similarities they can rally behind, making it nigh impossible for humanity to unite toward a common goal, and making it far more likely we'll cause our own demise. I am somewhat of a cynic, so take my rating with a grain of salt, but I'd rate humanity as a whole at 2 on a good day.
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When I'm doing alright it's an 8. When I'm hurting it looks more like a 3.
But on a scale of angel to devil, I put us at human. On a scale of failing to flourishing, I put us at getting by one day at a time.
But on a scale of angel to devil, I put us at human. On a scale of failing to flourishing, I put us at getting by one day at a time.
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I recall a saying in spanish that translates to "Humans are capable of being both God and Devil at the same time", so in other words we range from 1-10.
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7.8/10 too much water
in all seriousness i think most people are alright. i mean people are people their gonna fuck up sometimes, but at the same time they try their best most of the time. i think most people at their core have love in their hearts
in all seriousness i think most people are alright. i mean people are people their gonna fuck up sometimes, but at the same time they try their best most of the time. i think most people at their core have love in their hearts
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I'd say humanity is at the same level as Forrest Gump
Stupid enough to question what is wrong with the world, but right enough for the reasons we have as a human being.
Stupid enough to question what is wrong with the world, but right enough for the reasons we have as a human being.
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Frankly it depends we can be at our best and at our worst i think we should probably stop killing eachother, reproducing when we are young, and doing a lot of drugs other than that we should just try to live our lives and be happy. I also think that a lot of humans think about social status too much as well but i guess thats how we were "made" to think haha.