5 Universal Truths. Agree or disagree?

1. You are not special just because you were born somewhere.

2. The planet is not in danger; we are in danger

3. We could be the only consciousness in the universe; and we’re wasting it watching TikTok.

4. Our tech addiction is by design.

5. Being kind is the most rebellious thing we can do.

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meJess · F

You are special but so is everyone else, use your specialities wisely and kindly.

The planet and its inhabitants are symbiotic.

Odds on us being the only sentient life seem a bit long, but TikTok isn’t life enhancing.

Yes we are driven to improve things, either because we are lazy or because of curiousity. It’s in our DNA.

Never be cruel or cowardly.

Hopelandia · M

@meJess

I'm only mentioning humans not being special because White people tend to think they're special.

Well we are the only species that is not in symbiosis with the planet. And unless we change our ways it will be us that pays the price in the end, not the Earth.

Correct.

At the moment, we are slaves to the algorithms. We don't "choose" to scroll for 6 hours. Those algorithms know more about us than all our friends and family put together.

I would also say never be greedy.

meJess · F

@Hopelandia do the majority of white people actually think they are special or are they labelled that way because others think that they should think it?

Hopelandia · M

@meJess It's to do with racism. The vast majority of racists are White people who believe themselves superior because they were born in the US, UK, Ireland, somewhere that has White "civilised" people.

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