a brief history of the world:

[witness_light]

I've continued my thought pattern on the evolution of a human being from an animal into a person and what went wrong on the process, why we ended up in this disjointed and unfulfilling society instead of balancing instinct with intellect and working toward more transcendant goals. Forgive me if I repeat things I've already mentioned in previous

Comments

[sassalicious]

guess what else? humans stopped evolving when they settled down.

[witness_light]

or at least slowed down significantly...

i wonder why nature went to the trouble of developing our huge brains and now we only use a tiny tiny portion of them...

[tortugaguapa]

Have you read Ishmael? If you haven't I don't think it would teach you anything because what you've written sounds so much like Daniel Quinn's thoughts, but you'd probably find it interesting anyways.
I'd like to point out that America is not the only society that eats fast food, watches tv, and abuses drugs and alcohol. For example, I came to Japan thinking I would be among the most enlightened people...I mean, everyone is Shinto and Buddhist! But I've come to realize that Japanese people love fried food, Korean dramas, and my liver hurts thinking about office parties I "have" to drink at (so that I am like everyone else)where excessive drinking is encouraged/expected. Americans are just well-known for their bad habits.

[witness_light]

lol, i KNEW other people had said the same things! i will look into finding that though... i'm sure his ideas are better thought out and supported than my lj idea-spewing.

i actually had no idea that the japanese had many of the same habits... perhaps that means my argument could be broadened to the more affluent world societies... which means that human nature is taking us in that direction even if we aren't being exploited by capitalism...

[witness_light]

ooh, more titles for my summer reading list!

the book on modern art sound fascinating... i'm not much of an art connaisseur since i know nothing about it formally, but modern art doesn't strike any kind of chord with me... it seems too abstract and fragmented. perhaps because it's reflecting the way our lives have become...

i love your description of artists. this is why i am drawn to them - we still have a heart. "tragedy doesn't exist without the poets to write its history" - we are the ones who understand exactly how modern man has become the walking dead...

but maybe there is more we can do as well. that's another reason why i write.

[gavin6942]

To Katie: Best. LiveJournal. Post. Ever. By anyone, ever, in the history of mankind.

To Everyone Else: And if you think man stopped evolving, you clearly don't fathom what tiny changes occur over millions of years. If anything, our evolution has grown exponentially.

[tspeeddemonx]

I WiLL read that tomorrow, I want to read it because its long and seems to be interesting. (like everything you have to say) but those are also the two reasons I wont do that now because I cannot concentrate and my eyes really burn.. okay..