Two Hot Wars & Many Cold Ones
Case for a collective reset
Recent global events have triggered a shared sense of shock and sorrow. After haphazardly consuming news updates, we eventually put those events into our personal context and mostly move on. Despite the differing details, these incidents appear remarkably similar. The common thread is that an ancient hatred bubbled over and the two sides had justification for further escalation.
The other commonality is that it’s now collectively accepted that with the right push, these cold conflicts will eventually ignite. There’s not much the world’s “hall monitors” can do. The UN is often seen as a toothless bureaucracy setup to fail on purpose and do the bare minimum.
So let’s examine human conflict by considering its context, understanding the actual cost, and exploring our potential long-term solutions.
The Human Context
From ancient times our primary way of surviving as a group has been to tell stories. Learnings passed down generations that provided common wisdom and connection to each other.
Homo sapiens rules the world because it is the only animal that can believe in things that exist purely in its own imagination, such as gods, states, money, and human rights. — Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens)
