Thought of the Day

It is my contention that the biggest threat to this world and humanity is that of un-checked human proliferation and the inability of humans to cohabitate peacefully over the-long-run. I argue that with each new human, the value of existing humans is diminished, i.e., the more people that exist the less important "human-life" becomes, in the context of the whole. Also, the collective impact of individual humans is less, especially given the fact that the more people who exist, the more variances between humans exist. Thus, “individual” influence and compatibility is decreased with the expansion of the human population. Moreover, I believe that this is a "hard fact" and can never be mitigated within the confines of our present global condition.

It is no secret that with most things, the more we have of any given item, the more dispensable these items become. As harsh as this may sound, humans are objects, albeit sophisticated objects. Therefore, it is logical to believe that with the more humans that exist the less “important” they become; obviously from the stand-point of the whole.

Furthermore, the more distance and degrees-of-separation that exist between humans the less consequential their existence to each other becomes.

Human nature is at the root of these conditions and from the high-level perspective it is an inevitable fact that, if not addressed, will increase the violence nature of humans and the exponential diminishment of the value of human life.