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society hates humans
Feb. 7th, 2026 10:52 amHow many things can you name that society grants a higher priority than human well-being? Money of course. Property in general. Borders are a big one lately. In this country, cars get more space than people, and are often used as a proxy for the status of their driver. Guns have been more important than the lives of children for my entire adult life. Data is massively important now, almost as important as money.
Corporations are already what we fear AI might become: autonomous machines that see humans as either fuel or the enemy or nothing. And speaking of AI and fuel, a lot of people have noticed humans now compete against AI for not just electricity, but clean water. But fewer have caught on that, ever since we started growing corn for ethanol production, we have long been competing against machines for food.
And, lest we forget, religions that assure us that we're all wicked, not because of the ways we abuse our dominion over nature, but because of the ways we resist an alleged God's dominion over us. Indeed, the nation-state itself assures us that this thing called "America", in order to be made "great", must disregard, if not purposely withhold, the needs of more and more of the people standing on its land, who have not sufficiently proven their dedication to these things that America values more than people?
Society hates humans. Is it any wonder we all feel this way?
Corporations are already what we fear AI might become: autonomous machines that see humans as either fuel or the enemy or nothing. And speaking of AI and fuel, a lot of people have noticed humans now compete against AI for not just electricity, but clean water. But fewer have caught on that, ever since we started growing corn for ethanol production, we have long been competing against machines for food.
And, lest we forget, religions that assure us that we're all wicked, not because of the ways we abuse our dominion over nature, but because of the ways we resist an alleged God's dominion over us. Indeed, the nation-state itself assures us that this thing called "America", in order to be made "great", must disregard, if not purposely withhold, the needs of more and more of the people standing on its land, who have not sufficiently proven their dedication to these things that America values more than people?
Society hates humans. Is it any wonder we all feel this way?
