A Critique Of The Human Condition

Human intelligence has posed a problem that might prove be the tragic flaw in our very existence. With our intelligent brains and technological advances, we are able to do more than simply survive and carry on the human race. We are able to ponder and wonder and think. This leads to self reflection, deeper interaction with others, and levels of confusion and frustration. The human condition, as defined by Moss and Korman in Biology and the Human Condition, is most simply put as the underlying reason for our actions (11). Many people, like my mother, consider the human condition a state of being by which our species is able to have compassion and understanding for one another and work as a community to better the world around us (Goldstein). I find this deffiniton falsely optimistic, idealistic, and egocentric. I view the human condition as an evolutionary error that causes devastating results eternally and for the world around us. For me, it is unmistakeable that the true differentiation between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom lies in …show more content…
I think that they realize how small they as individuals are and the reality of our existence scares them. I think their deep thoughts on the human condition and the purpose of life makes them lose all hope and ability to carry on. I believe that many individuals in our population maintain a narrow viewpoint on the human condition and think that the meaning of life is to have a little house and a family and a wife and a job and live a cookie-cutter-american-dream existence. They go thorough their short lives finding pleasure in the new episode of their favorite show and a fattening meal. These people live in a blissful state of ignorance and find fulfillment in their irrelevant lives. They are the lucky ones. They will carry on the human race, while those who see it for what it is will destroy it from