The Top 3 Reasons Humans #Fail

Either/or thinking, tribalism, and lack of imagination continue to plague our species

Why humans fail:

1) Incapacity or unwillingness to hold two ideas in one’s head at the same time

2) Incapacity or unwillingness to feel empathy for others in a different tribe

3) Incapacity or unwillingness to use one’s imagination to see situations more broadly and objectively

Any doubts?

Five seconds of headline news.

Why is this?

We’re instinctively programmed for much of what we’re seeing, behaviors essential for survival throughout our pre-technological history.

The human tragedy is that our environment has changed, yet we are slow to adapt to rapid transformation.

Will it ever change?

Not for a long, long time. As Jung suggested, destroy civilization and the next generation will pick up right where we left off.

Hang on, it’s going to be a rough ride…