READ AND UNDERSTAND by Brandon Hayes Humans we are fractionating! This is obviou

READ AND UNDERSTAND

by Brandon Hayes

Humans we are fractionating! This is obvious to those paying any attention. However, instead of being excited for the chance to speciate; we’re panicked; why?

Well, I’m going to venture a guess it has something to do with the reason the fractionation is taking place.

If you look at the chart (painstakingly put together I imagine) many of those groups are of the new abstract type mentioned above. They are groups basing their identity on their collective prejudiced opinions of out-groups.

I’ve written recently about empathy (and compassion) as poor out-group strategies as they favor an out-group over an in-group. However, the action to be taken in lieu of empathy isn’t combat! Nuance people, nuance!

Cooperation or non-interaction between groups is better (more positive results) than blind empathy (hurts the in-group) or conflict (destroys the weaker group). What the above paper labels as out-group learning, that’s understanding those not in your group, reduces prejudice by a significant margin. Who would have thought understanding those different than you makes you judge them less (typically)! <That’s sarcasm internet; of course this is the case.

People say don’t judge; this is like asking people not to think. Humans make judgments when they think; they don’t get to turn that off when it comes to humans (or groups of humans). Every man ought to be an adequate and fair judge of reality; it’s a duty.

We ought to welcome the speciation by creating groups based on in-group preference (mainly) and save the out-group prejudice for those acting to harm us (they exist but it’s not everyone who thinks a bit differently than you).

If we coalesce into one human race we lose our evolutionary advantages (as these are culture and geographic specific); we squander the human biological platform; we make a joke out of what evolution took 3.5 billion years to create. Just because we can become one, doesn’t mean it is the proper path. [Breeding all the dogs breeds together to make a “super dog” DOESN’T work < this is not how genetics works]

We can get along without destroying what made us evolutionarily viable. We can cohabitate in peace. Love should wane with each concentric kinship sphere; we should look to cooperate and create “win, wins”; what good is being human if we can’t transcend what makes us animal?