• Orbituary@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Extending your line of thinking: knowing the average person’s intelligence, understand that there are 4 billion people more stupid.

    At what percentile do we get to a person who is not an utter imbecile?

    Final question: how do I hit the reset button on humanity? I think we’re using the wrong build.

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      14 days ago

      Ahh now you’re thinking like Thanos. Or maybe Ultron.

      Humanity is a species of upright locusts that never socially evolved beyond our cave brains. Capitalism dangles a shiny new thing every so often to keep the masses distracted and intellectually diffuse, while a small cabal of insanely wealthy cretins gleefully destroys our planet.

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        13 days ago

        Ahh now you’re thinking like Thanos. Or maybe Ultron.

        Always have been. This sad observation has been a part of my life’s lamentations for as long as I can remember.