I reckon the western world is now at a stage of devolution, the modern generation has taken the english language and ignored most of the nice, long, over-embelished words and replaced them with animalistic, single-syllable grunts. Then there's art, we no longer aim to create the realistic paintings which clearly show a lot of time investment, but replace them with the scribbles and simple junk a child could make. Even warfare rarely includes the close hand to hand combat where strength is key in dtermining the victor, but push buttons and pull triggers to kill someone almost instantaniously, survival in modern war now depends on the luck of hit or miss whereas before there was some sort of skill involved (though not a lot).

Shopping, socialising & studying can all be done from a single room, computers have enabled us to live life without going anywhere. People can work online and make millions without actually doing any labour. While this long rant is obviously subjective, I can't help but feel that the Western world is not what it used to be.

This is really tough to explain.

In the modern day perception, evolution means having a greater dominance over the other species, being by mind and power more sharper. However, has anybody ever though about the basic instincts in animals which seperates them from us?

Animals blended with their environment, for they know that it is not wise to disturb the balance. Mankind did not.

Animals did not create differences within their own species. Mankind did.

Animals do not kill members of it's own species. Mankind does.

Animals do not kill members of it's own species for any reason whatsoever, for it realizes that it will only divide the species. Mankind killed, but did not realize.

Animals do not push others down for them to succeed. Man does.

Animals do not work towards the destruction of others of it's own species. Man does.

Thus, all said, I think that man has not evolved as much as it claims.

there is still alot we dont know about. lets face it. we dont know wat the hell were talkin about

Simply because we are probably the first species to be fully self-aware and conscious, we seem to think we are completely separate from every other species. There is nothing to separate us from ants or apes- we are just another species. No however we have lost the struggle for survival. No that humans are dominant we are lost as a species.

Absolutely agree.

How can we as humans (even more specifically western civilization) claim to be an advanced species, when we haven't even learned to get along with each other? We let stupid and trivial differences such as race,religion, sexual preference, and political affiliation, dictate how we feel towards each other? This isn't advanced thinking. This is sh*t for brained, primal instinct kind of thinking. We are still stuck in "Survival of The Fittest" mindset, when we live in a time and age, where it doesn't have to be that way anymore. Instead of being patient and working out the kinks of the complications that arise, we immediately look to slander and tear down each other, just for the sake of preserving our own egotistical pride and ideologies, because God forbid we get along with someone who thinks differently than us. Just look at western culture,Capitalism and Consumerism. We are glorifying and advocating systems and paradigms that place value on the material possessions one has. The one with the most toys wins. If you aren't a CEO or a business owner, or a surgeon, you don't have value. It preaches go to college, get a degree, and blah blah blah,and than you can be a somebody. We promote consumer junkie psychology.

We the people don't even create culture anymore. Culture creates us. Popular culture is no longer a reflection of what is popular in culture. The Media TELLS culture what is popular. What is this doing? Its diminishing our collective creativity. We are disempowered and maintained by electronic media. How much conscious freedom do we really have?

We promote destructive behavior. The media glorifies destructive habits, such as drinking, and smoking tobacco, but when it comes to harmless, beneficial Psychedelic drugs, we are willing to lock someone up for consuming a mushroom that grows naturally in the wild. Think about that for a second. Something that grows on the planet is ILLEGAL. It doesn't make any sense. If we aren't free to experiment with our consciousness and expand it, than what freedom do we really have? One of the very foundations of being human is that we are conscious, and the only one that we are allowed to have, is the one that is created by an electronic media. We aren't glorifying free thinkers, and those who challenge the current social order. We lock them up and demonize them.What does this show about western society (which dictates most of which that goes on in the world)?? We are society that is reclusive and resistant to change. We don't even want to think about alternatives because, we are satisfied with being greedy and selfish. This all come back to Primitive "Survival of the Fittest" psychology. And until people realize that it is going to take some serious sacrifice on our parts (meaning those who are blessed to be in more fortunate situations), we can not move step into the next phase of human psychological evolution. Until we dissolve are petty boundaries that keep us from loving each other, we will continue to kill each other to satisfy our egotistical desires.

Mankind is cruel to kills animals and then engaging in wars to kill each other.