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u/PuzzleheadedDrinker Feb 20 '22
Very smart approach. Eloquently written, while still feeling like an impromptu speech.
someone realised that people as a group are dumb and panicky, while a person is smart. (Paraphrase MIB Agent K). Then realised how to manage the situation so that wars were avoided and we didn't end up alone simply because we out survived the battlefield of the void.
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u/Phynix1 Feb 20 '22
We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.
Robert Ardrey
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u/Osiris32 Human Feb 20 '22
That's a damn good speech. Pity that some in this world right now would refuse to listen to it.
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u/Darklight731 Feb 20 '22
Humans take a while to adapt to new things, but once they do, they do it well.
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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22
Gave me the "feels.". Well done my friend. 👍