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In your opinion, is humanity headed in the right or wrong direction?

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Nomad7 · 22-25, M
The quality of life increases every where, over time. With the exception of Africa and a few extremely poor Asian countries like Myanmar, Vietnam and Mongolia, economic development is seen to be occuring everywhere, however slow. The problems of malnutrition and disease continue to plague poorer nations, but the world in general, has made it easy to supply essentials where the paucity calls for a surfeit. But humans in general are moving further and further from their natural state; a lot of developed countries have a huge aversion to violence and prioritise their own safety over any other. The natural instinct to survive has shifted its dependence from toughness to neutralising man's nature to defend himself physically. The reason people are safe today is not because they can defend themselves, its because they're too safe and protected by their governments. Men are becoming less masculine and women less feminine. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. But these trends are unmissable. Religion has been altered to suit practicality, so that how we act controls religion instead of religion controlling how we act. Which is necessary, because religion is an instrument. Terrorism has yet to be eradicated. The next issues will be AI, cyber crime, biological warfare (as we can see it already is), global warming and running out of natural resources, unless they're used sustainably.
As for my answer, I decline to comment. Humanity is heading in a certain direction, whether that's right or wrong, is subjective