phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 09:33:39 JST

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I trust my eyes. When I look around I dont see vicious hominids. I see people living largely peacefully, in very large numbers, in various degrees of hierarchy / inequality.

We can obviously be induced into collective violence. And that agitated state is becoming ever more menacing with ever more lethal technology. But its not our ground state. Its an excitation triggered on purpose.