Evolution is a long and slow process. Nobody knows where it will take human beings in the future. Some traits and behaviors are genetic. Others are learned and or nurtured. The limbic system in the human brain takes part in human behavior and is responsible for a lot of perception and behavior.
Despite all of these factors, do human beings have any control over how they interact with the world?
For the last century humanity has faced multiple tests:
political turmoil associated with fascism versus the development of a more open, global and cooperative diplomacy;
the growth of industry and the “free market” that has become global versus a more rural, agriculturally-based system that existed along with a simpler marketplace;
the industrialization of the modern life and the dependence on fossil fuels consumption and over extraction of resources mainly by western nations versus good stewardship and protection of the environment;
the ancient habits of corruption by power and military force versus the construction and maintenance of cultures and a society that are just, egalitarian, self-nurturing and sustaining where the resolution of problems is accomplished through mutual work and cooperation;
the acceptance and recognition that all life has value versus the promulgation and encouragement of hatred, divisions, bigotry, scapegoating, discrimination, destruction and death, usually for political reasons;
the purposeful suppression and control of women, minorities, the poor and uneducated, the careful placement of restrictions and controls on the lives of the bulk of the population by the powerful to maintain political control of the masses versus problem solving and inclusion of all people in the processes of participating and being represented in the well being of all people and the planet as a whole.
These are some of the biggest issues facing the evolution of humanity.
Will human beings find a way to create a better world? Or will all of the old familiar problems end up meaning the demise of humanity?
As humans, we can either continue to allow our motivations to steer us toward chaos and destruction. Or we can develop our motivations to create a better world.
It’s a choice.
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