My main source of joy in the modern world

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[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bad behavior is more based on intent, whereas a malfunction is simply inherent to the current state of the behaver. Modern humans are for the most part disconnected from the earth, our environment, and God. The existence of large cities is one obvious proof. Intentionally heading towards our own extinction could be considered a malfunction, but alternatively could be cited as proof that we've recognized 'the bad', and are working to eliminate it...

From our embrace of technology that's ruining our environment and harming ourselves, to frivolously using up our critical resources at around 3 times the replacement rate, modern humans appear to be malfunctioning in every way that's possible.

[–]wary_observer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Intentionally heading towards our own extinction... could be cited as proof that we've recognized 'the bad', and are working to eliminate it...

I'm doubtful of the average person's capacity to recognize much of anything beyond immediate concerns, much less act to correct it. Recent events seem to corroborate that.