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Fast Eddy's avatar

“We have named our species Homo sapiens – the wise human. But it is debatable how well we have lived up to the name. Over the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have certainly accumulated enormous power. Just listening all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests would fill volumes. But power isn’t wisdom, and after 100,000 years humanity has pushed itself into an existential crisis. We are on the verge of ecological collapse, caused by the misuse of our own power.

Yet instead of our species uniting to deal with these existential challenges, international tensions are rising, global cooperation is becoming more difficult, countries are stockpiling doomsday weapons, and a new world war does not seem impossible.

If we Sapiens are so wise, why are we so self-destructive?”

-Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari (2024)

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The "Wolf" doesn't perform in the circus.

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