Hey. I know that I haven't posted since Wednesday, but we all have to take a break sometimes right..? Anyways, today I will be talking about something that I've never spoken about before. Don't worry it isn't some crazy sad or disgusting incident or something -____- I just wanted to talk about something that I've been pondering and pondering, but can't and probably will never find out the answer to. It is OUR LIVES.
I know that you're probably wondering if I've gone crazy or something, but no, seriously though. Think about it. We're mammals, Homo Sapiens, just like any other cow, sheep, horse, deer!
What the heck are we doing with our lives?
Some of your guys may be saying things like, "EVOLUTION!" and all that but I just don't get it. The reason that I wanted to post this was because I didn't have anything else to talk about AND I can't get over this topic and wanted to share it with you guys and get some thinking going on.
Look it, as my gym teacher would say, our goals, success and everything. What are they usually surrounded upon? Money? High Education? Great Jobs? Fame? Athletics? You name it. But how the heck do those things relate to a freakin mammal!?!? I mean, millions of people, including myself, enjoy watching the Olympics, yet it is completely useless to our survival, if you really think about it.
Shouldn't our focus be on our health, food and shelter? Why is it that Homo Sapien is the specie that strived and why have we become a society like this? Yes, we may have been the dominant specie, but how come our lives now feels so distant to the life of a squirrel or any other mammal? Their struggles are to get food every single day, and what do we do? Majority of us just go to a supermarket -.-
Think about the characteristics that many of the Homo Sapiens had to have to strive. Intelligence, Strength, Sense of Direction, etc. Those tie into things like hunting, travelling, and protecting ourselves. Some of us humans, including myself, don't even have an ounce of the abilities that they had. Now it seems like every human being can pretty much live with the help of a thing called "money".
Why is it that Homo Sapiens had to try so hard to gain a simple thing called survival, when we can pretty much do anything and get money for it nowadays? AND, why is it that now, many generations later, Humans get to experience this grateful life, without those struggles, when we, as in every individual person, haven't done anything to earn it?
I guess basically what I'm trying to say is that Homo Sapiens and Humans feel like two completely different mammals, with different aspirations and struggles, that it doesn't even make sense anymore. Like we keep calling ourselves mammals and some people like to watch wrestling, yet, we seem to only care about what makes us money...sometimes even over family, health, and everything for that matter.
I think what I'm really interested in is how Homo Sapiens have transitioned to Humans, like us? What was their journey and why has it taken the direction that it has taken?
After writing this post, I don't even know what I am even getting at because it seems like as I talk and think about it more and more, it makes me confused, due to how vague it is, and questions are endless :S Anyways, I hoped that I didn't confuse you tooooo much and check back on Tuesday for a StoryTime post from when I was a toddler xP LATESS.
Bloomed -> Blooming~
- Melanie
I know that you're probably wondering if I've gone crazy or something, but no, seriously though. Think about it. We're mammals, Homo Sapiens, just like any other cow, sheep, horse, deer!
What the heck are we doing with our lives?
Some of your guys may be saying things like, "EVOLUTION!" and all that but I just don't get it. The reason that I wanted to post this was because I didn't have anything else to talk about AND I can't get over this topic and wanted to share it with you guys and get some thinking going on.
Look it, as my gym teacher would say, our goals, success and everything. What are they usually surrounded upon? Money? High Education? Great Jobs? Fame? Athletics? You name it. But how the heck do those things relate to a freakin mammal!?!? I mean, millions of people, including myself, enjoy watching the Olympics, yet it is completely useless to our survival, if you really think about it.
Shouldn't our focus be on our health, food and shelter? Why is it that Homo Sapien is the specie that strived and why have we become a society like this? Yes, we may have been the dominant specie, but how come our lives now feels so distant to the life of a squirrel or any other mammal? Their struggles are to get food every single day, and what do we do? Majority of us just go to a supermarket -.-
Think about the characteristics that many of the Homo Sapiens had to have to strive. Intelligence, Strength, Sense of Direction, etc. Those tie into things like hunting, travelling, and protecting ourselves. Some of us humans, including myself, don't even have an ounce of the abilities that they had. Now it seems like every human being can pretty much live with the help of a thing called "money".
Why is it that Homo Sapiens had to try so hard to gain a simple thing called survival, when we can pretty much do anything and get money for it nowadays? AND, why is it that now, many generations later, Humans get to experience this grateful life, without those struggles, when we, as in every individual person, haven't done anything to earn it?
I guess basically what I'm trying to say is that Homo Sapiens and Humans feel like two completely different mammals, with different aspirations and struggles, that it doesn't even make sense anymore. Like we keep calling ourselves mammals and some people like to watch wrestling, yet, we seem to only care about what makes us money...sometimes even over family, health, and everything for that matter.
I think what I'm really interested in is how Homo Sapiens have transitioned to Humans, like us? What was their journey and why has it taken the direction that it has taken?
After writing this post, I don't even know what I am even getting at because it seems like as I talk and think about it more and more, it makes me confused, due to how vague it is, and questions are endless :S Anyways, I hoped that I didn't confuse you tooooo much and check back on Tuesday for a StoryTime post from when I was a toddler xP LATESS.
- Melanie
Whoa. That was deep. EVOLUTION!
ReplyDeleteIt does come down to being the dominant species. As humans, we strive to be better than everyone and everything else, so we constantly create new technology to ensure our dominance over the other species. It's not about survival...it's about being better than the rest.
ReplyDeleteAs for money...that is our survival now. If you think about it, people without money DO still struggle to survive, do they not? Money is what enables us to have the life we do and people work hard to earn money, so in a way, they do deserve the lifestyle we've built for ourselves. Not to say that those with less money don't deserve it, but people do work in our society. It's just not the same kind of work our species had to do to survive long ago. And again, this ties into superiority. The people who earn money are able to live better than the people who don't. It's all a race for dominance.
At least, that's the way I see it. Don't take my word for it...I kind of just thought that up now and haven't had a lot of time to fully formulate my theory.
Your comment actually helped me relate the two ways of survival, even though they're soo different from one another. Thanks :D
DeleteI think that my thoughts now is that, even though people can better their lives by earning more money, it seems soo much easier to do so, then if a Homo Sapien back then, were to hunt an animal for dinner, risking his life, or danger. This is not to say that working doesn't have its risks, but the extent of it is less massive.