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Bill Miller's avatar

More and more I tend to believe that the emergence of the “better world our hearts know is possible” is not so much about finding the new thing that we have to do. Rather, it is something that would emerge as a natural, evolutionary progression, yet certain current factors are thwarting that emergence.

Love, society, community, reference for others and nature are natural tendencies — but something presently stands in the way. I believe it is the profit motive - a dynamic that turns companions and collaborators into competitors, and all too often, enemies.

Sufficient resources, knowledge, and technology presently exist such that everyone could enjoy a life of comfort, security, and opportunity, yet some of us are still fixated in that caveman impulse to hoard, dominate, and control. In prehistoric times, that impulse made have made sense, but now it is unnecessary, and may well destroy us.

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Emergentcy With Musclemonk's avatar

Suzanne! What an interesting conversation with an AI. In terms of understanding the MAGA mindset, I wonder how much seems important to you? I am not sure that mockery is your best focus. The AI pointed out some deep insights into the mindset. The evolutionary defense cascade (fight, flight, collapse) is a very helpful rubric for insights that are not emotional and personalized but that allow us to have strategies to intervene based upon evolutionary physiological processes.

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