This is not our world

This system feels like a shitstorm to you because you weren't built to live in it.

Our culture changes much, much faster than humans can evolve to keep up. For example, your brain was not built to handle the information overload of the internet. How could it be? You'd need hundreds of generations sexually selecting only those who are ... good at the internet, I guess. Your brain also didn't evolve to keep up appearances for 4,000 Instagram followers or to plan your damned life 40 years in advance. For most of human history, even reaching old age was a fantasy. And you sure as hell didn't evolve to completely learn a new skill set every five years.

That's not your fault.

If you look around you, you'll see the world is full of people trying to follow their natural instincts and banging their heads against society's rules, like a panicked housefly trying to escape through a closed window. It's silly to ask why the world is full of violent criminals. For most of history, violence wasn't a crime; it was how you won the best mates and perpetuated your genetic line. It's ridiculous to ask why there are so many lazy people when it appears that hunter-gatherers may have only worked 15 hours a week. It's cruel to mock someone for not having a large circle of friends when there's a good chance they were descended from nomads who for the most part spoke only to their families.

You're not weird. You're the pinnacle of evolution, a marvel of nature, part of a species so mind-bogglingly adaptable that we'd already be living on the moon if the place hadn't turned out to be so boring. It's the world that got weird.

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DesEsseintes said:

Which parts are demonstrably wrong?

We certainly evolved to deal with very different threats and incentives from now.

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EternalFantasies said:

So i was having my toast n p-nut butter dessert and still finishing it when i came to check out this thread, then I saw that guy and his avatar.

Like.. Its hard focusing on the screen and not looking left - but - i did it.

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rae121452 said:

you should have added some mayonnaise...............

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