atre324 t1_j122ya5 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:31 AM

Reply to comment by Bekklor in Does anyone feel trapped here by vapournova

This. I also think when we worry about humanity’s place in the cosmos, we are really worrying about our own impact in this world. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that it doesnt even have to be anything special- just being kind to others is the easiest way.

To quote Contact… “In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”

8andahalfby11 t1_j126gur wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:59 AM

Yup. We're human. We're designed to walk no more than 10 miles a day on average, interact with a group of no more than 140 people, hunt and gather food, remember a general oral history, and die around age 40-something. Instead, we drive or ride over a hundred miles just on our daily commute, are expected to moderate a thousand social media friends, do high school calculus, and have people living into their hundreds. We're already pulling way, way, WAY more weight than we're designed to; the heat death of the universe is so far out of our hands, and not our problem. Best to focus on that circle of 140 people.

StarChild413 t1_j12syzc wrote on December 21, 2022 at 6:31 AM

so should we design ourselves for greater circles, lifespans, memory and endurance

8andahalfby11 t1_j12u5nr wrote on December 21, 2022 at 6:46 AM

Is that still human?

dustysquareback t1_j12x8lw wrote on December 21, 2022 at 7:23 AM

> die around age 40-something.

Probably not true at all. Many primitive humans lived long lives if they got through childhood. It was the high infant and child mortality that drove the average lifespan down.

Mediocre-Oil2052 t1_j12y86a wrote on December 21, 2022 at 7:36 AM

Seriously? Have you considered viral infections, contaminated food/water sources, and overall organ failure without the aid of even semi-modern medicine? Sorry if parts of that are redundant but sometimes it is nice to have several redundancies in place.