finnegan

Evolution or the biosphere or whatever you like to call it doesn't do anything by accident. We as a species are just another experiment into some genetic variation, perhaps consciousness, if we can actually claim that title. At any rate we still are just a minor global catastrophe, a nuisance really, and we have a number of built in fail safes. The most obvious and probably most ultimately effective is common to any species that does not have the ability to control its own resource usage. A million years from now the Earth will be vibrant, verdant, and full of genetic diversity, with little or no sign that a minor plague called humans ever existed. When viewed from that angle the constant Machiavellian self betrayals of the human race take on such a pathetic comic aspect like some vast Punch and Judy show. I'm not saying don't keep fighting the good fight, and anger can be a source of strength, but rage will eat you up from the inside leaving nothing but a hollow caricature of yourself, if you let it. So don't take it too seriously. Don't get too worked up about foolish people around you that seem to have it easier. Ask yourself if you would really want their lives, if you would really sacrifice who you are to have it that easy. Take joy in your weirdness and allow for the fact that it takes a little longer to figure out your path when you make your own way. If the human race has any chance of evolving into something that works it'll be because of us mutants and freaks on the fringe of things. Sorry my sermon for the day.