I start with a picture of some churros - and why not? Even when not real ... they're so much better than kittens!
But contained, gentle, sadly resigned despair follows on their heels.
How to resolve?
How to face?
How to reach out? How to find accommodation?
We're not as selfish as we think we are. Here’s the proof
"Do you find yourself thrashing against the tide of human indifference and selfishness? Are you oppressed by the sense that while you care, others don't? That, because of humankind’s callousness, civilisation and the rest of life on Earth are basically stuffed? If so, you are not alone. But neither are you right."
And so we discover an astonishing truth ... people like people; and actually prefer their presence and existence over material blandishments.
"Another problem is that – almost by definition – many of those who dominate public life have a peculiar fixation on fame, money and power. Their extreme self-centredness places them in a small minority, but, because we see them everywhere, we assume that they are representative of humanity."
Who'd have thunk it?
"The revelation that humanity's dominant characteristic is, er, humanity will come as no surprise to those who have followed recent developments in behavioural and social sciences. People, these findings suggest, are basically and inherently nice."
So to a plan of action, then?
Is there anything to be done, in a world where even attempts to fashion a protecting local may lead to a desire to shun, discard, aggressively (hardly assertively) chuck out all global influence ... never stopping to consider its intrinsic value; never caring to assess the true value of its shared potential - of its cultural DNA?
A globalism which combines +ve local and global ...
"Interestingly, and alarmingly for people of my political persuasion, it also discovered that liberals tend to possess a dimmer view of other people than conservatives do. Do you want to grow the electorate? Do you want progressive politics to flourish? Then spread the word that other people are broadly well-intentioned." - George Monbiot, writing in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/14/selfish-proof-ego-humans-inherently-good
