Comments by "Niall O\x27Neill" (@nialloneill5097) on "The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything | Yuval Noah Harari | TED" video.

  1. I disagree vehemently with his argument at just under 20 mins of video. He talks as though it is am amazing feature of the modern world that there has not been recent wars between superpowers, yet in truth there have. It is just that those wars have been fought though the medium of third nations, such as Syria, Nicaragua, and other nations. It would be interesting to see annual figures for those killed in wars, and the amount of arms being used around the world, since WW2. Thus, we can see that the intention to fight is still there, for the 'competitive' spirit is rife throughout all the world's nations and value systems, whether it be economical, educational, sporting, technical, or military, apart from perhaps Bhutan, who are more concerned with Happiness. The only thing that up until now has held back a full-blown war in this very short time, is the threat of the world and the whole of mankind being blown to oblivion, due to the extraordinary stockpile of nuclear weapons and missiles that has been amassed by superpowers! By praising mankind for managing not to destroy the world over the last 80 years, which is a blink of an eyelid within the annals of history, when we have the capability, well, this just shines a light on the immense lack of trust in humanity to find a peaceful, and harmonious way of living together, both with other humans, or the natural world, and the absurd notion that by holding a gun against someone's head, whilst he holds his gun against mine, we will therefore eternally remain in this statuesque pose, like many great yogis, and never pull the trigger. Perhaps, they assumed rigor mortis would set in, and prevent this. In summary then, man has not improved one iota, but deteriorated pathologically, and when one see the number of tyrants now around the world, who would gladly use their weapons of mass destruction, particularly on the Western world, who they deeply despise and envy, then WW3 is far more a certainty than WW1, or 2, ever were. All of this is caused by this 'competitive' spirit, of being better than, and having more than, others, and it will not be until mankind have gone through great suffering amidst many karmic storms, that peace and unity will finally reign, when we will be ruled by spiritual principles, which can be best perceived by a pure intuition, and clear conscience. Then, all men will be happy with their lot, and not seek more than others, but seek to serve the Almighty, but selflessly help others, and wish good for others, not destruction as we are now seeing in Ukraine. So make good your inner selves, and spirits, for the time of the dreaded Apocalypse is almost upon us, for sadly, it will come to this in the next 7-13 years.
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