RE: How Can We POSSIBLY Hope to Make Progress as a Species When...
Not sure about "good" and "bad" as those tend to be very nebulous ideas. But perhaps what we have are a majority who think beyond themselves and a minority who cares ONLY about themselves. Which does set up a dodgy dynamic.
I think we may also have different life beliefs at work. Some people authentically believe we live in a world of scarcity, which leads them to hoard whatever they can; others believe we live in a world of plenty... so there is no need to hoard because there is always going to be "enough."
Egos tend to be driven by fear... the fear that what appears to be big/strong is in fact just a veneer over uncertainty and a dubious sense of self.
Last, just a minor point of order: I am Danish and was born and raised there; lived in Europe till I was 20; but now call the US Pacific Northwest home. Many of my "musings" here are the result of my "bi-cultural" nature questioning things.
Exactly. "Good" v "bad" is painting in broad strokes to say the least, but I stand by my view that there are those who are only concerned with themselves and serve as a drag on total progress, whereas the majority have good intentions.
@phoneinf I had to laugh at your last sentence: "People at the top are usually extremely win-win that's how they got so far." Let us agree to disagree, my friend. I imagine we are not referring to the same people, which is fair considering this is all over text with no body language for context.