Humanity at a Crossroads

Human beings inhabit planet Earth and have ventured beyond.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7157458/

Their history is mixed. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357752/

People and the Planet: Humanity at a Crossroads

Humans are the most common and widespread species of primate in the great ape family Hominidae. Humans are characterized by bipedalism and high intelligence. Their scientific name is Homo sapiens, of the order primates. These humans have 206 bones and are anatomically similar and related to the great apes (orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas) but are distinguished by a more highly developed brain that allows articulate speech and abstract reasoning.

Are humans really apes?

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/anthropology-articles/are-you-an-ape/

“Death may be one of the greatest human blessings.” ~00~
― Socrates

https://revolutionresource.org/2015/02/26/death-may-be-the-greatest-of-all-human-blessings-socrates-00/

“We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing.”

https://youtu.be/Jiycc803iTc?list=RDJiycc803iTc
Lightnin’ Hopkins-Death Blues

“The oldest Homo sapien discovered, Omo One, was first found under volcanic ash in
Ethiopia in the 1960s. This means that human beings are at least 230,000 years old.”

“I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.”
― Jack Kerouac

https://youtu.be/SyVhBfIFbiQ?list=RDSyVhBfIFbiQ

Albert King – Blues Power

“I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.”
― Albert Camus

https://thepeaceresource.com/2015/03/01/the-last-judgement/

“Everything that the human race has done and thought is concerned with the satisfaction of deeply felt needs and assuagement of pain. One has to keep this constantly in mind if one wishes to understand spiritual movements and their development. Feeling and longing are the motive force behind all human endeavor and human creation, in however exalted a guise the latter may present themselves to us.”
― Albert Einstein…

https://youtu.be/ob9rkipsr0g?list=RDob9rkipsr0g
Grateful Dead – Death Don’t Have No Mercy – Live/Dead

“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.”
—Chief Tecumseh

https://youtu.be/Icp8D3nCpHw?list=RDIcp8D3nCpHw&t=23
HOWLIN’ WOLF – DUST MY BROOM – LIVE 1966

“A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.”
― Anais Nin

https://thewordsmithcollection.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/fear-blind-faith-and-ignorance-vs-education-science-and-courage/

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley