It's impossible for us to know what's best for us both as individuals and as a species. There is some basic physiological knowledge coded into our DNA that aids in survival instincts but we're not living in a world where this comes into play often enough to matter.
With self awareness comes self interest, with self interest comes greed. Everyone is greedy but the difference is how much damage are we willing to do for personal gain? Before any of us are born most of the greediest decisions have been made for us. With infrastructure comes destruction. Our self interest has confused our wants with our needs making us insatiable. This gets worse with every generation who has more to expect but less to strive for.
Would we be better off if we were subordinates under a higher being? Imagine the life of pets. Their instincts have almost been completely disappeared and replaced with a life of leisure at the mercy of its owner, much like infants. That's not to say we'd be reduced to mere house pets under a higher species, although that'd certainly be a grand life. What if all our decisions were made for us in our species' best interest? I imagine something like what John Lennon imagined. We wouldn't own our land we'd simply inhabit it. We wouldn't compete for resources we'd just share. With the species united there'd be no competition at the expense of well being. We wouldn't need to starve because there'd be no gain in hording. Our sick wouldn't have to die because there'd be no health care to sell and no one to benefit off the weak. I'd be willing to make many sacrifices for a united species where greed would be irrelevant. Since there's no way we'll be able to come to this on our own I believe we need a higher being, an alien race, or something to take over for us. We've had our run, we've done our damage, it's time to walk away.
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