Exactly. And we are so enamored with our own success. Due to our big brains. How do you define biological success. By biomass, or the ability to extinct ourselves.
Well, considering that we humans now occupy and thrive on the vast majority of the planet and continue do defy all dire predictions of procreating ourselves out of a place at the dinner table, I’d say that qualifies for biological success and the fact that despite having developed the ability to extinct ourselves, we have not shows intellectual success as well.
Why do you hate people? Would you rather be a cockroach?
Yup. I’d say you were pretty enamored. The Neolithic experiment is only about 10,000 years old. And, no, we don’t seem to be too clever. But it’s OK if you think so. Can’t change that.
Why should I be pro-human? What have humans done for each other lately? Why do many humans live in poverty, suffer enormously, do not have fresh water, lack enough food, commit genocide, can’t get along with the neighbors, cheat, steal, have laws to tell us how to live. Why don’t we know how to live? Is it because we’re so smart? And I’m just getting started.
That wasn’t the point. The point was standard of living and on that, there is no question that the standard of living of most people on this planet is higher than that of their grandfather’s.