when defending egregious behavior among the humans, many resort to the claim that it is only human nature that men (especially men) do this or that, (like making war and other intimidation displays) as though somehow so-called human nature is not evolving continually like every other phenomenon in the universe, that using the past to justify the abysmal present is normal and correct.
it is not. it would be better for individuals, society and the prospects of both if we would try to consult the near future, with its obvious known challenges, in order to assess what behavior is likely to be the most useful, or at least the least harmful, in the present moment.
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