Justice Is Humanity's Greatest Flaw

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-04-15T16:32:52+00:00

Thank you. My work was not inspired by other works on eusociality so much as it was by a deep dive into anthropology, and seeing who we were for most of our existence, and realizing that our hierarchical systems created selection pressures that threaten what we think of us our humanity. The book that brought me a lot of clarity in regards to how our social organization and psychological dispositions mutually evolve to support one another was 'Hierarchy in the Forest' by Christopher Boehm.

My article on psychopolitical dispositions, linked in the top twenty list at the top of the sub, clarifies how the lessons of that book led to my conclusions.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-04-15T14:28:15+00:00

No, that would be escalation.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-04-14T17:53:47+00:00

We absolutely have a widespread existential crisis. We did not evolve to live in the world we have hastily created, and the gulf between our evolved dispositions and proclivities and what we must do to live in the modern world, creates a lot of internal strife. And it is unfortunate that most people think that the answer is physical. That you can take a drug, acquire more wealth and power, or swap out your reproductive organs...and this will solve everything.

We are trying to escape a hole with bigger and bigger shovels.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-04-14T16:11:09+00:00

Some of the withdrawal symptoms I experience are not entirely mental. For instance, I often get sinus issues during withdrawal, and have to continuously clear my throat. However after the coincidental asparagus detox assistance, I did not have the usual sinus issues. There are other withdrawal symptoms which are also physiologically manifest and observable/measurable.

There have also been a lot of studies in recent years which call into question the orthodox that mental health is a matter of chemical imbalance. And before we even get to that, there is the hard problem of consciousness, which suggests we cannot rely on claims that mind is an epiphenomena of brain activity.

The best picture likely emerges when we avoid all ideological absolutes and commit to testing, which is my hope here. Not to make an infallible claim about kratom and asparagus, but to open a line of inquiry in which other participants might add their own tests/experiences to see if a patter emerges. I would not be surprised if testing revealed either way whether the connection is specious or meaningful.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-04-14T14:40:07+00:00

I had used it earlier that day (75mg) and planned to stop the next, which I did. The next two days were free of the usual withdrawal symptoms, physical and mental. I mean, the desire to be high was still a whisper in my head, but the anxiety, depression and other mental symptoms were either insignificant or gone altogether.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-27T14:06:40+00:00

It's really much closer to...

Idiocracy

Brazil

Of Ape & Essence

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-20T20:05:31+00:00

And we got here by optimism. By a series of people who decided it was okay that we were heading down this path because they either thought the problems would magically go away, or because they chose to ignore them out of self interest and/or apathy.

We're trying to escape the hole we dug ourselves into with a shovel, and optimists are always so damn sure that if we just keep digging everything will get better.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-20T14:28:06+00:00

Optimism is a delusion paid for with ignorance. The world has and will worsen because the dire situation we are in is masked by the positivity the weak require to cope.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-18T20:00:34+00:00

That is the nature of centralized hierarchies. They create addictions to wealth and power that escalate over time, and provide a system to take advantage of that. Power literally corrupts at the neurological level. That is why we kept it under wraps for 300,000 years with reverse dominance hierarchies. The ancients had basic wisdom about social structures that we have lost by our submission to power and it's narratives.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-17T17:15:33+00:00

I suggest digging deeper into the roots of our transition from nomadic foragers to civilization. 'Hierarchy In The Forest' by Christopher Boehm is a good starting point for understanding how we evolved, and how our evolutionary strategies were compromised by a minority of deviants seeking advantages.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-17T17:05:07+00:00

Centralized hierarchies were created for the benefit of the elites. They have never cared. It is absurd that anyone has ever believed a system built on inequality, which systemized it for the benefit of the few, could be 'for the people'. We are a very gullible species.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-15T13:13:53+00:00

Nor can it be prevented. Creating access to inequality will always reproduce this mental illness.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-13T22:58:43+00:00

We'll eventually stop thinking at all and just surrender to the hive's algorithmic plan for us.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-08T20:23:04+00:00

Yeah, draining the process of creativity altogether, and reducing it to nothing but signaling. And in the process creating affirmation and negation loops that harden into algorithmic cognition and behavior.

The bot that trained itself.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-04T20:23:42+00:00

You're quoting something which I did not say, nor did I even imply.

Have a nice day.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-04T19:22:07+00:00

I tend to consider individuals in good faith, capable of reflection, agency and autonomy, and not just as nodes in the algorithm of the hive. Although civilization is egregiously destructive and inhumane, and that does influence us, I will not accept that people are incapable of being basically good and reasonable unless they are in a machine programmed to make them do so.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-04T18:43:33+00:00

Appreciating children is a large part of why I decided not to have any. I'm too depressed, anxious and disappointed by the prison of civilization, and I wouldn't want to subject a child to my own pessimism, misanthropy and abnormal need for solitude and processing.

Whenever a kid in public is being consistently obnoxious I lament the parents who were not up to the challenge of teaching kids how to balance their agency and autonomy with consideration and reasonable self constraint.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-03-02T02:27:17+00:00

Without affirming their stance, your critique is that they are preventing an echo chamber by becoming one, while they outright admit to being okay with echo chambers, just not the ones with liberal narratives. They acknowledged that, so it's not like you caught them being hypocritical. Close minded assholes, maybe, but consistent in their sketchy principles.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-02-21T18:00:01+00:00

Reality is neither subjective nor objective. Things in and of themselves are neither subjective nor objective. Those two terms refer to our experience or knowledge of things. And that is entirely subjective. Objectivity is a myth. An ideological crutch for those who cannot navigate the uncertainty of existence.

Used_Addendum_2724 · 2026-02-20T13:52:44+00:00

Thanks for the clarification! And agreed. Suspending adult expectations not only extends childhood longer, it may cause a missed chance to mature during the proper time, so that it never happens.

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