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Hate humanity? Yep, sure do. There's such a lack of responsibility for one's actions in the world, selfishness, and a great destruction in the way people live their lives. It's all instant gratification, and who cares how my instant gratification affects those around me, or on a small personal level or a global level. The way people treat each other is truly disgusting, and we've created an environment through advances in science and technology that allows for a very septic society to thrive. And we breed and breed, and all the wrong people breed while all the right people don't want to have children because they don't want to place them in this world.

Davey Havok#46

EthicsTechnologyResponsibilitySociety

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker criticizes modern society for selfishness and lack of responsibility, blaming technology for enabling it.
In plain terms
People are selfish and technology makes it worse.
What can you take from it?
Society needs more responsibility and less instant gratification.

Where it applies

  • debating social issues
  • environmental concerns

Putting it to work

  • advocate for responsibility
  • critique technology

Questions to consider

  • How does technology impact ethics?
  • Is selfishness increasing?

Another view

It oversimplifies the causes of societal problems.

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