The knowledge that can make our lives better

Question from the Internet:

“What knowledge should all humans have to better thrive collectively?”

We need to recognize, actually feel how much inevitably integrated, interdependent we are. Then we would have no problem accepting the necessity of our collective, mutually responsible, mutually complementing existence.

We keep talking about a global world, we talk about interdependence — especially at times of the pandemic, global economic problems, wars — but it does not touch us “on our flesh” enough to make us want to exit our inherently egocentric subjective, individualistic worldview, behavior.

Nature’s laws of integration and evolution’s relentless drive towards the most optimal integration of the whole Natural system will force us to accept our collective existence in the end. But if we live it to Nature, we will only subdue our egos and our illusory individualist as a result of unprecedented, incredible, and intolerable suffering.

We already know that a “mild, global blow” like the pandemic did not change anything in our worldview, and even the signs of significant weather, lifestyle changes due to climate change, even the increasingly threatening possibility of a nuclear World War does not change our thinking.

We still blame, want to change, correct, destroy others, we still want changes only when it is good and beneficial for us, and the “good world” we imagine is good only from our egocentric, subjective point of view.

So imagine what level of suffering, feeling of imminent death we need if we want for such pressure to make us change!

Instead, we could understand our inevitable integration and the need for sustainable, mutually responsible and mutually complementing co-existence, cooperation through a unique, purposeful, and highly practical method. This method — based on Nature’s laws and evolution — can make us understand, moreover viscerally feel our total interdependence, and also see, taste what we can gain if we give up our illusory individuality and make proactive steps towards collective human existence.

But we do not have any free choice about the final outcome. On the other hand, we can choose how we get there.