A Look Into the Emptiness...

Life, a term used to describe every being capable of reproduction in the universe. we human beings have been on this planet for a little over a three million years, including all our predecessors in the evolutionary chain. We have made great strides in our evolution, from primates living in the trees as bottom rung on the food latter, to modern humanity, where we rule this planet with an iron fist. we are second to none in brain capacity. This has allowed us to develop into the most advanced species that has ever been on this planet, probably. I am plagued by modern society, people are self consumed with their empty lives. we live for our consumerism, we work for material goods, worrying about our singularly insignificant lives. For the most part people live for themselves and their close connections. Society merely worries about living in the moment, working to survive tomorrow, under the impression that we are the most important thing in the universe. People are so self centered on their lives, many are ignorant to the fact that there are billions upon billions of galaxies in the observable universe, it is mathematically impossible for life not to exist somewhere out there. perhaps this is the reason that i feel so detached from the majority of everyone i have ever known. That feeling of emptiness that i feel when i consider how insignificant my life is. That feeling of despair i get when i see people worried about their lives, more specifically their reaction to modern societies self obsession with maintaining a style of life that is spoon fed to us by massive corporations trying to train us. Seeing governments interact with each other, deciding whats "best" for the people under their orbs of influence. I get stomach sick, i was like that, and in many ways i still am, but i have learned to realize that in all our mighty so called power we are still an inferior species, on an insignificant planet, orbiting a sub standard star, in the medley of an average galaxy. There is nothing even remotely exceptional about our evolution, into these beasts with a higher brain function than the other life forms on this planet. Now back to my bashing of modern society. It engrosses me that nowadays many of the youth in our schools cant even name our own galaxy, that just blows my mind. Its mind boggling to me that humans in the 21st century, especially in 1st world countries don't know the name of our galactic street. But you know what people do know? I doubt that anyone in the entire world doesn't recognize coca cola or mickey mouse. A cartoon and a bad beverage are prioritized over teaching kids about the universe. Now there is another significant reason that we are just entering the human phase of universal expansion, and that is religion. Now as many of you know i am an atheist, so arguing against religion would be judgemental, so I'm not going to talk about religion at all, this is the only time this will be mentioned. Back to my argument, i realize this rant sounds like i am trash talking my fellow species, and I am.So much brain capacity we possess and we have the ability so expand our knowledge regarding our place, not only in the universe, but our place in, this planets diverse history. But no, people focus on their phones, who they text next, on their pets, on their next new dress, on which brand of liquor to get, white or wheat, crispy grilled, American or cheddar. On impressing the big boss, or trying to talk to your crush, on decisions so insignificant that there is no positive effect on humanity whatsoever. Now i realize that I'm making alot of points on our effect on the universe, now if that's too big i will do another example. Our big blue marble we call home. Earth has been here something over 4 billion years. Now I'm eyeballing it here, but I'm guessing in the planets history there has been about a billion different species of life, Numbers like that make me feel grossly insignificant in the scheme of things not regarding our lives. How concerned we are with our technological prowess, our luxurious lives mean nothing. In a million years humanity will most likely be gone, and there wont be a trace left that we were ever here. I cant think of anything else to complain about right now, i have to say writing this helped me vent alot of my built up frustration with the era in which i live, now this is purely a rant based on my personal opinion of where we are as a society and the effect it has on me. Now if someone reading this has a problem with my view, well too f**king bad. you chose to read it. If you liked it or agree with me then I'm glad it wasn't a waste of reading for you. I leave you with two of my favorite quotes regarding this subject. " You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile." and "We have no great war, no great depression, Our great war is a spiritual war, Our great depression is our lives"