In terms of evolution and adaptation, man’s only real defense was his innate intelligence. I wonder what happens when that defense is gone, because it is clearly gone generally speaking. That intelligence, as well as creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness have been replaced by greed, ignorance, stupidity, and lust for power and control. It’s like we are literally in a Dark Ages.
Scary, ain’t it? I guess I blame the pervasive media as much as anything. People think that the media does the pol’s bidding. I tend to think it’s the other way round.
What has objectively changed in my lifetime is the all-pervasive nature of media. It clearly has had a destructive effect beyond measure. It has literally brainwashed a huge chunk of the population.
Maybe there are other reasons for the world collectively going off its rocker, but this seems as good an explanation to me as any.