I hadn't realized it before, despite hearing it, how much we limit our own understanding simply by the manners in which we absorb (or don't absorb) it. We can't ever process enough of it and that which we take is only what we want to take (or what we can take). Sort of how light is only partially absorbed by objects. We reflect back that which we cannot make sense of.

It's true what you say about the fact that neither side can ever prevail in an absolute sense - it's a technical impossibility. The sooner we accept this (not that we ever will), the sooner we could make improvements that aren't being done under an unrealistic context of accomplishment or perfection.

Part of me also feels like we're inherently destined to cannibalize ourselves to some cultural degree. Perhaps on a civilizational level as well. It'd be ironic to find out that we have embedded within our collective DNA a self-destruct mechanism for when we begin to really spiral out of control.

Not sure if there's any escaping our petri dish.

Sounds like a bummer but it need not be - somethings bound to emerge from the decomposition.

THIS is the kind of content that @Predict is made for.

It's hard to argue with anything specified in the latter half of this post.. spot on.