Can you tell me anything good about the human race?

Friendship. Love. Medicine. The education and freeing of our fellow humans. Self-sufficiency. Animal rescue. Self-esteem. Economic livelihoods for isolated northern communities. Compassion. Children's hospitals. Hospices. Children. Sex. Well networked communities. Learning from the mistakes of the past so they won't be repeated. Amnesty International. Doctors Without Borders. Understanding of how humans can better live in their environments. Walking dogs at the SPCA. Protecting endangered species. Giving food and water to children who need it. Civil disobedience. The pride Movement. Knowledge.

Getting rid of humans would actually create a huge number of problems. For example, who would take care of all the crap we left behind? Don't get me wrong, whales are cool and all but they really wouldn't have the faintest idea of how to clean up after us. Also, wiping out apex predators like humans (or wolves, bears, lions, etc.) is incredibly bad for the ecosystem. That would just be replacing one problem with another.

I'm not saying that the human race is perfect, far from it. But if you're going to have an honest evaluation of our worth you're going to have to include the good with the bad. If these sorts of things really bother you it's time to get off the computer and take practical steps towards solving the problems you see. Practical steps mind you, not standing in front of a building waving a sign and chanting slogans. Educate yourself on the issues before you decide what to do.

First of all, I would invite you to change your perspectivve, and then start making changes in the world around you.

Imagine how boring the world would be if it were 'perfect'. Imagine going to a movie where there was no conflict - where the first frame is 'and they lived happily ever after', and then two hours of rainbows, pixie dust, and harp music. I'd be asleep in 15 minutes, if not sooner. Or be on my way out of the theater.

We are given a life that allows us to have a wide variety of experiences. What you should remember is that without all of these negative things, we cannot have positives. Without need, we can't have charity and kindness. How can you be charitable to someone who has everything? How can you feel good about helping an old lady across the street if she is every bit as able bodied as you? Without ignorance, how can you teach? Or learn? Imagine if you knew everything. What would you do?

If you were teaching a kindergartener to play checkers, and you played them, and you won, would you have any satisfaction from this? There's no challenge! What joy and satisfaction is there in that? But if you won the City Checkers championship, you would probably feel some level of satisfaction.....because there is challenge and conflict there. It's the same with life.

In the movies, we enjoy seeing the main characters go through the movie and conquer whatever conflict is in front of them....whether the conflict is surviving a storm, an alien attack, or capturing some criminal or foiling some plot. In life, we derive satisfaction from the same things.

So when you see these things, ignorance, prejudice, unkindness, be a part of the solution. These are things you can't solve yourself, but you can be one person who decides they aren't going to be a part of the problem, but rather a part of the solution. When you make that decision, tell others! There is no magic bullet, or one thing you can do that will solve these problems. But you can resolve in your mind to be a small part of the solution.

Do you have what it takes?

You are perceiving the issues as a glass that is half empty and not as one that is half full. Humans are capable of extreme hate (and the related consequences), true, however the same brain also gives them the capacity of extreme love (Mother Teresa etc. etc.....). There are any number of ordinary people like you and me who have given their lives to save another, corruption should be viewed alongwith philanthropic donation and so on.

One single reason why we should not be annihilated is that the human race now has the potential avert a hit from a comet/asteroid that is large enough to destroy all life on earth (remember the dinosaurs).

So look on the brighter side of life and SMILE.

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how about pride my friend?

productive achievement?

go downtown wherever you live

look at the buildings

think of them not as evil shells to hold evil people, but as pilliars of ability.

You must have an ability?

aren't you proud of it.

i can see that you know a bit about history.

i can see you appreciate animals.

but in the wild, animals fight amongst themselves

but they can't build a spacecraft, or harvest a crop of olives. They can't create a skyscraper or write music. No animal has the ability to take a pile of silicone, copper, plastic and glass and create a tool of instantaneous global comunication.

Productive achievement... and the pride in it

that is what i tell you is good about the human race

Woah!!! Your only looking at one part of the picture here. beautiful things exist everywhere, but are generally taken for granted. What about equality, plenty to eat, public education, medicine, cures for cancers, children laughing, rescue efforts against impossible odds, outpouring of aid for those in a crisis, literacy, the thumb, my mom, family, the discovery of the rosetta stone, shakespeare, brad pitt, instant international communication, global humanitarianism, topiaries, mozart, rembrant, vangough, copernicous, gallelio, noblility, faith, reason, intellect, sharing, caring, hugs, kisses, beer, cars, computers, cell phones, agracultire, the assembly line, toothpaste, my boyfriend, college, capitalism, democracy, the right to vote, architecture, bowling, swimming pools, stand up commedy, bad spelling, electricity, AIR CONDITIONING, clothing, insulation, beds, pillows...

... and last but not leat ME! I thank God every day that im here living in a paradise. Why? Because i choose to see one, to make one.

You exist, and that is really cool. Even if you did ALL those things, there is still hope, hope for a better tomorrow. Don't despair, and realize that your life matters, and I'm glad to be able to communicate with you.

We can make this world better, just don't give up, or give in.

The ability to comprehend all strife , so that we can grow spiritually and use our new found gift to annihilate the same.

the world is full of sin. it sucks, but it's life. life after the garden of eden and man's fall into sin. however, yes there are good people in this world. i'm one of them. those who hate the evil and fight for the good.

Everything! Simple!

You'd think that after inventing Jesus, the world would have gotten better. Oh well.