History tells us that humans have always been resourceful and able to adapt to anything this planet could throw at us. Legends tell of great tribes that would dominate and push the bounds of known land. The Roman Empire, viking tribes, samurai warriors... even the first of our species were able to survive in a harsh environment with nothing but caves and fire. Great warrior cultures that would instil fear in anything, man or beast, that would dare cross them. Men and women that feared nothing, not death itself nor the wrath of gods. And then I look at modern society...

Men act like effeminate cowards looking to their propaganda for role models while women are, more often than not, forced into the dominate role in a relationship. We went from hunter gatherer to faking a smile working a job you hate until you're too damn old to care anymore. There was a time when wolves were our enemy - the ultimate killing machine. Feared... and yet, through years of careful training and breeding, we have modern docile, domesticated dogs. The point?

We as humans have become domesticated. Some would look at that term and say so what? And I would simply ask, "how many times a day does your master pat you on the head and give you a scooby snack?". People we were not meant to sit behind a computer 8 hours a day. We were not meant to live in a global structure where money is King and we the people are but mere servants. Everything told to you in this "modern" society is meant to make you docile, domesticated and a servant to your master... much like we did to wolves thousands of years ago.

Humanity has conquered everything on this planet but itself. We are not the men and women that our ancestors were. To be honest, I'd wager, that if the lights went out tomorrow, more than half the population would simply vanish. This is not evolution, this is domestication.

I can agree with your sentiments here.
Mankind has managed to thwart evolution and the weak are spreading over the Earth, at least in advanced nations anyway.

All the weak and stupid humans who previously would not have lived past childhood are now making it to adulthood and raising weak stupid children of their own.

Don't worry about it too much though, there are many genetically superior specimens left to advance the species after the next great culling occurs.

you are right. to put it simply.

our ancestors were "too good" at what they did. we got too far ahead of the game we had to fill our lives with silly things that have now become the prime driver for living. if people werent behind their desks 8 hours a day i doubt many people would know what to do with their time. probably sit in front of the boob tube from wake til sleep.

back when you had to WORK to survive our days werent full of monotanous tasks to get by the day. you worked because there was work to be done. if the sun was up, the mind set was "what can i get done, what needs to be done". today its more like "ugh, i have to be at work to make my paycheck. who cares if i dont get anything accomplished?"

Times have changed, pushed by an agenda. For some reason, a certain group of people are hell bent on ruling the world and the inhabitants of it. Look at movies, for example. Look how women are starring in roles that men dominated. Now you see women running the show, and men taking orders from them. That's just 1 example how the system has taken the WARRIOR spirit out of men. Now-a-days ladies are the "men" of our times. Ain't nothing wrong with women running things...but, let's not go overboard with it. You know, like the girl who recently tried out for the NFL. Come on now. BE REALISTIC.

Originally posted by Bacardi

Humanity has conquered everything on this planet but itself. We are not the men and women that our ancestors were. To be honest, I'd wager, that if the lights went out tomorrow, more than half the population would simply vanish. This is not evolution, this is domestication.

We evolved into something very domesticated, did we not?

We don't know how to do all sorts of things we could do before. We forgot those skills. So you are right, if everything went pop tomorrow we would not know how to survive. There is logically no point for us as a species to retain all that old info. Sad, but true.

EG could we build a pyramid like those Egypt now? Even with out new technology we would struggle.

Originally posted by nothingwrong

Originally posted by Bacardi

Humanity has conquered everything on this planet but itself. We are not the men and women that our ancestors were. To be honest, I'd wager, that if the lights went out tomorrow, more than half the population would simply vanish. This is not evolution, this is domestication.

We evolved into something very domesticated, did we not?

We don't know how to do all sorts of things we could do before. We forgot those skills. So you are right, if everything went pop tomorrow we would not know how to survive. There is logically no point for us as a species to retain all that old info. Sad, but true.

EG could we build a pyramid like those Egypt now? Even with out new technology we would struggle.

If things went pop tomorrow, all hell would break loose. People wouldn't even be thinking about deers and fish! They'd be thinking nearest supermarket to loot.

Humans became the dominant species we ae because it was survival of the fittest this is no longer the case we now have such advancements in the field of medicine that we don't have to be and that in turn has had a massive affect on our evolutionary path.

Our intelligence and brain are the only thing that we need in the modern world and that part of us will continue to evolve exponentially until we reach our full potential but physically and emotionally we are seemingly going backwards this due to all the luxuries and trappings of the world we now live in a rather sad state of affairs in my humble opinion.

Here ya go. This story fits.

In the tale, The Little Red Hen finds a grain of wheat, and asks for help from the other farmyard animals to plant it. However, no animal will volunteer to help her.

At each further stage (harvest, threshing, milling the wheat into flour, and baking the flour into bread), the hen again asks for help from the other animals, but again she gets no assistance.

Finally, the hen has completed her task, and asks who will help her eat the bread. This time, all the previous non-participants eagerly volunteer. However, she declines their help, stating that no one aided her in the preparation work, and eats it with her chicks, leaving none for anyone else.

The moral of this story is that those who show no willingness to contribute to an end product do not deserve to enjoy the end product: "if any man will not work, neither let him eat.