Was it a mistake for humans to evolve advanced sapience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For one, It's almost universial for us to stress over the future, idealize our childhoods, bemoan the state of society, and be obsessed with and sometimes even claim to spiritually be animals.

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[-] limer@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Humans domesticated themselves, making tools they later depended on for survival. Each layer of entrapment, by tools, over the millions of years demanded some sacrifice that never went away.

Each generation learns the pain of entrapment on their own, and are invalidated by the older ones who shrugged the feelings away. But the feelings of unease never go away.

Any other animal can tell people this is insanity

this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025

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