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The People Cheering for Humanity's End (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 1 year ago by CarbonatedPastaSauce to c/science

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I found this essay about differing viewpoints on where Homo sapiens is headed to be very interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yes but not while splitting the atom. I mean sure we can just not utilize our cognitive ability to understand the universe and live in harmony that way but boy it would have been grand to utilize our most precious of species abilities in a responsible way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So much lost potential, spoiled by humans insatiable greed.