Are Human Beings Equal?
The DNA among all humans is startling similar. Research from Stanford place it as high as
99.9%. If this is accurate- it is what makes human beings equal. Everything else is up for grabs.
The inputs that result in inequality are seemingly without end especially in our era of social
justice. All are based on violations, egregious or not of modern notions of morality, ethics,
justice, etc. Subcategories of, gender, race, sexual orientation, personal identity, equality of
outcomes and environment are contemporary hot buttons. These competing grievances are not
equal. Some are considered imperative or crimes against humanity others are not. Often
overlooked is that the definitions, on which they are based are fluid and change over time in
response to social, cultural and technological inputs. For example, the contemporary definition
of the word gay describes sexual orientation not emotional state. Are there metrics which are
common to human action and not subject to, for better or worse, manipulation? What follows is
a distillation of all these inputs with the requirement that they are consistent and common, to a
greater or lesser degree, to all humanity. Generally speaking, to what extent are they?
Aggressive
Prolific
Curious
Adaptive
Mobile
Innovative
These attributes have consistent definitions and easily discernable results/consequences.
Geography, resources, environment, etc. influence/determine the extent of these characteristics
in addition to whatever people innately possess. All toll, equality is rare. In regards to human
interaction, when group of people (A) who possess these attributes in abundance encounters
group of people (B) who do not- what happens? Displacement (i.e. the act of moving someone
or something from one position/pace to another,) occurs. Often, it is the violent removal of
group (B) although sometimes subjugation ensues. Its counterpart can be found in nature; a
species, flora/fauna, with attributes encounters a native species does not possess and the
indigenous is displaced. There are, of course, a myriad of factors and permutations that impact
outcomes among human groups and individuals but is one looks deep enough the
aforementioned attributes come into sharp relief. If the historical record is any indication look
to Human DNA for equality
The Great American Divide Isn’t What You Think For the last 50+years “the peaceful transfer of political power” meant a 4-8 year rebranding of the ruling paradigm designed to preserve the policy, perks, economic, legal and legislative advantages of the governing class. In 2016 election ushered in a division some say is a significant as the election of 1860. Many think it is the clear division of political ideologies. While this true, there is another split and in my opinion, is generally not recognized and ultimately more profound. First some context. The complex, interdependent infrastructure that supports modern life in America operates with such reliability that unimaginable amounts of goods and services are conceived, produced and distributed with seamless regularity. It takes a massive natural catastrophic event to interrupt it. The downside is that the demands are so great a broad interruption lasting two weeks or more would result in chaos in every major city. Ok, wh
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