Sure, but also think of all the horrible people throughout history that clawed their way to power and ruled both ruthlessly and successfully.
Sure, but also think of all the horrible people throughout history that clawed their way to power and ruled both ruthlessly and successfully.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I would blame that on outliers and survivorship bias. We don’t exactly care about the 100,000’s of years of relatively peaceful human history. There’s a reason “may you live in interesting times,” is a curse. We live in interesting times.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Peaceful relative to what? Historically, war and conflict has been the norm.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not really. If it were, we wouldn’t have survived as a species. It’s what we focus on, but it actually makes up a very small segment of the overall human experience.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I disagree. Conflict is what has driven our development as a species. The first tools weren’t for building, they were weapons. Even today, so much new scientific development happens as a result of war, especially in medicine.