We would be ~1000 years in the future right now without Abrahamic faiths.
I’m an atheist and think we’d be better off if we moved beyond religion. That said, I don’t think it’s true we’d be so much farther ahead without it.
Looking at early humans I think religion was a competitive advantage, because it organized groups of people who might not otherwise have worked together. It allowed us to move beyond tribal affiliation, to create a common “operating system” for societies and conceive of and pursue multigenerational goals.
I think we can do all that stuff now without religion, but also think we need more explicitly defined structures and institutions to fill the role religion has played.
I really liked that in Raised by Wolves it was an alternate timeline where there was no Christianity.
Instead the religious fanatics eradicating the atheists were Mithraics.
Religion
Well, I liked learning about the ethics some religions have like budhism and so on.
But I totally agree with that when I see various countries being controlled by religion.
Greed
Conservatism.
The only thing they “conserve” is a low age of consent.
Capitalism.
Capitalism
Ticks
and Leeches
At least Leeches are useful in medicine, even today! I’m convinced Ticks have no ecological benefit or traits worthy of study apart from those necessary to ensure their eradication. Perspectives to the contrary from tick lovers and biologists welcome, however!
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED
IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND
Marketing departments.
A little 90’s comedy bit your comment made me think of.
A couple of strains of mosquito. We don’t need the two or three that bite humans. There are plenty of other strains that the bats and birds can eat.
Bats don’t really eat them.
Like, they do, but it’s mostly incidental.
Stocks and everything around them are an expression of the greed and baseness of our species.
Car-dependent suburban sprawl
Cars. Or at least infrastructure systems that’s entirely built just for cars.
Israel.
Ads
Greed
