He said to Neo that humans are like a virus, breeding and infecting the world with our “stick” and general disgustingness.

I look around the world, at the state of society, the environment, international conflict and the enshitification of humanity - I’ve gone through my life blindly accepting that life for life’s sake is beautiful, and worth it.

But as I see the state of it all, our perpetual need to destroy each other over ideas and resources, I struggle to come to grips with it. Societies around the world are facing population shrinkage… Do they all know something I don’t?

Is human life beautiful, and objectively worth perpetuating? Or are we a blight? Why should we be?

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    42·
    9 months ago

    We’re worth it.

    The universe is a dazzling beautiful place and we exist to observe it. We should definitely focus on living in a more compatible manner but even in our current shitty state we’re a net positive.

    • cmeu@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      9 months ago

      I agree that existence is truly a wonder.

      Yet I don’t see how everything else being great around us means we’re so great for just seeing it all… I’d ask, a net positive to what group? Our own, of course, because we procreate. But… at what cost? Does the cow share your zeal for humanity, you know

      Is the point of existence merely for wonders to be observed?

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        9 months ago

        I think that’s precisely it. The universe is beautiful and we’re the portion of the universe that exists to appreciate that beauty.

        It’s a very humanocentric view (or sentient-centric more accurate) but I think it’s fair and accurate. We definitely need to get our shit together though.