On Oct 5, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Patience wrote: > " . What drives the human race is not the collective...it's the individual." > > Yes thats what i ment > > Yeah everyone is unique to a point, but all humans base instinct is the same: > selfishness > > People are happy and content with what ever there doing until they find out > someone else is succeeding faster than them with less work. ignorance is > bliss. > > Humans always want more. > >
Over simplification. Humans are biological entities, therefore at the core of their need structure is three very strong drives: eat, have sex, and don't die. Mother nature doesn't care if you're happy and well adjusted; she just wants you out there making babies. 'Tis the nature of the beast, Above that we are social beings, who because of our deficiency in physical strength learned to band together to provide safety in numbers. But we also are competitive, which is why we are seriously still into "my tribe v. your tribe" mindsets. At best it means a rousing good football match where you can cheer your brains out, and at worst people are killing each other because they look different from one another, speak a different language, want what the other guy has, worship differently, and any number of other rationalizations. Within those very large groups of behavior there are millions of variations. Self-sacrifice? History is full of it. Generosity and selflessness? History is full of that too. People doing heroic things out of love of others? Happens. So, when you want to discuss the entire of humanity, realize that food, sex, and survival are at the foundation and even there people have chosen to ignore or frustrate those drives for what they saw as a higher goal. Best, R,.E,F, ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
