Wise words from a wise man. (Joshua Foss)

I was trying my best not to force a path, rather let it present itself in front of me so long as I provided the motivation to keep moving forward. Over the years, I began to understand that this expansion was not unique to myself or any other individual, but was quite clearly culturally driven and evolutionary in its nature. Looking at the overarching human story, we too have been expanding our perspectives through both social and political evolution, but at much slower paces. Starting a couple hundred thousand of years ago, we roamed the lands as hunters and gatherers and were very much driven by survival. We’ve since evolved through many socio-political phases, from warring tribalism, to feudal kindgoms, and now into democratic multiethnic nation states. Throughout all of these phases or worldviews, one can distinguish a trend in our collective ability to gain perspective and be more empathic. Looking back, we can see this applied in a near infinite number of ways. The European Enlightenment for example explored the values of equality, freedom and rules of law, helping to birth modern democracy. More recently, our cultural evolution has championed the new ideals of civil rights, women’s rights, the rights of ethnic minorities, and, later, gay rights. And as this trend of inclusion and broadening perspective continues (as it naturally will), it will evolve to better incorporate the rights of things that are currently voiceless… in particular the rights of nature and biodiversity, and the rights of future generations.
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