People

[Rhymer]

You know what? I've come to the conclusion that I cant stand other people generally.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older but i've had enough of them all!

I'm an official Aspie by the way.

 

[Peace]

I understand feeling that way. Yet I am left wondering what the difference is between you, and someone who feels their life is fulfilling.

 

[Peace]

With people in it.

 

[The Penguin]

Well for me is not much can't stand but cannot connect with most people as I am not into following society standards.

 

[Harrison]

You know what? I've come to the conclusion that I cant stand other people generally.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older but i've had enough of them all!

I'm an official Aspie by the way.

As a sweeping statement I dislike humanity, they have no redeeming features and seem to be devolving. However, I occasionally meet little gems hidden in that mountain of coal, some right here on AC. Whilst there isn't enough of them to engender a belief that humanity is worth saving it does allow me to entertain the idea that I can socialise with people.

If I could I would remove humanity and replace it with something that didn't evolve from a bunch of aggressive apes.

 

[Rhymer]

I concur

 

[Spiller]

I feel that humanity has an illness called Ego, that part of us that needs to feel more than we are by accruing wealth and possessions, as if who we are alone isn't good enough; it's an erroneous thought form in our heads that says "Without all this stuff I am nothing".
When we've got the latest stuff it doesn't satisfy us for long because we realise that we are still not more, so we repeat the cycle by thinking "I want more stuff".
I see people being false, pretending to be something they're not because they feel that that facade will gain them popularity, status, the girl/boy, but all it ultimately brings is unhappiness, as all we really want is to connect with others openly and honestly.
I believe it's our task as individuals to become better people, to be conscious of the debilitating effect Ego has on our behavior and learn to accept and love our fellows..
That said, sometimes, when I'm despairing of it all, I wouldn't say no to a Zombie Apocolypse

 

[Judge]

That said, sometimes, when I'm despairing of it all, I wouldn't say no to a Zombie Apocolypse

You must have missed "The Walking Dead". Where eventually the survivors discover that the living are far more menacing than zombies. Just like in real life. Well, sort of.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

 

[Judge]

Quite amusing to think back in college one time when a few classmates were speculating as to what we'd do as a group in some kind of global apocalypse.

The first thing that came out of my mouth was, "I'd leave the group."

Too bad that was about six years before Dr. Asperger's research was formally recognized. If I had only known back then....<sigh>

 

[Spiller]

You must have missed "The Walking Dead". Where eventually the survivors discover that the living are far more menacing than zombies. Just like in real life. Well, sort of.

I've seen the first four seasons, gotta catch up! Brilliant show, though all the zombie-wacking sound effects seem to use the exact same wet, crunchy noise..
I'd hope that humanity might pull together in such a moment of need, I hope we've evolved enough for that.. many people experience a lessening of Ego when they become ill, or when they lose everything; they naturally become more considerate and generous.
otherwise, we may have to keep an eye out for the Klaatu's (The Day The Earth Stood Still) out there, deciding our time's up

 

[Judge]

otherwise, we may have to keep an eye out for the Klaatu's (The Day The Earth Stood Still) out there, deciding our time's up

Yeah, I'm thinking that the real Klaatu would have never bothered to land here.

He'd just have Gort dispatch the entire planet.

 

[Harrison]

Already there guys

 

[Spiller]

Odd how we evolved as a social animal to find safety in numbers through cooperation, yet modern society has, as Harrison said above, caused us to seemingly devolve, I think through feeling more separate than we ever have.. yet at the same time there are more of us now than have ever existed.
Maybe we have to evolve emotionally/spiritually to adapt to our changing environment.. we certainly must learn to work together..

 

[Harrison]

Societal structures per se became extinct with the introduction of being indebted to the state. This was done by encouraging debt back in the 60's but now children are born into debt. That is what has become the cohesive force, people live and work together to pay off debt. Social interactions have moved out of the home and office and onto the net.

I may have written that whilst I'm tired

 

[Jaywalker]

After completing a 3200 mile self-supported bicycle tour, I concluded that mostly, people are good. The offers of assistance from strangers, both solicited and unsolicited, were overwhelming. I encountered the occasional jerk, as well, but such people were the exceptions.

As far as technology turning us into zombies, I don't see it.

In economics, it is well understood that specialization allows greater efficiency. It's true whether we are talking about two economic agents producing two distinct goods, or whether we are talking about being mostly self sufficient in a rural environment versus living in a large city. Specializing provides a greater payoff for the same amount of effort.

The Internet has made the world smaller. Further, it has allowed greater specialization in our social interactions by allowing us to connect with more like-minded people. For example, it is much easier for me to find intelligent people (who often disagree with me) who like to debate politics on certain Internet forums than in real life locally. Likewise, Internet dating allows one to co-choose from a larger pool of more compatible potential mates.

The real problem, as I see it, is that technolgy has not developed quickly enough to allow us to interface with the Internet in a non-obtrusive manner. We'll get there.

 

[SignOfLazarus]

Yeah, I'm thinking that the real Klaatu would have never bothered to land here.

He'd just have Gort dispatch the entire planet.

...resisted the urge to mark this optimistic.

 

[inabox]

That said, sometimes, when I'm despairing of it all, I wouldn't say no to a Zombie Apocolypse

I often dream of a zombie apocalypse happening

 

[Datura]

I was once rather misanthropic, but my view of humanity has mellowed over the years. I do not think there is any other time I would rather be alive than right now. Food is plentiful, modern medicine prevents premature death, global community is a reality, and I have more rights than my ancestors could have ever dreamed of. From a certain perspective it might seem that humans are devolving. Take away our technology and how would we fare? But so far as I am concerned our technologies and social structures are an intrinsic part of the human organism. After all; what is a bee without the swarm, or a beaver without it's dam? There is compelling evidence that humanity has co-evolved alongside their technology for eons, that as we developed new tools and adaptive behaviors certain biological traits atrophied in response. This did not make us a lesser species, just a more efficient one. Future humans may appear horribly crippled to us but possess capabilities beyond our reckoning.