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The thing about the question, "humanity; are we out of control?" is that it's so subjective. It's arguable that there isn't an agreed unit of control that we have to abide by, or that this planet is largely in our control.

I'm really not sure what I think in direct answer to your question ... as a species, we're very sentient, ever-changing and certainly creative. But there is an arrogance and short-sightedness in our self-preservation: I'd love to see more regard for the different types of intelligence worldwide, or at least more respect. We're always quick to undermine other species and put our needs and desires first with the justification that 'we are the most evolutionary and important'. Fair enough, this planet's largely populated by us and we haven't found a parallel intelligence, but we spend a lot of time rendering everything else inexistent and I think it's just stupid. It isn't excuse enough to say 'it's intrinsic human nature and/or a survival instinct' because there's no other species so malignant and apparently ignorant of the world's natural balance, yet the general consensus is that we're the brightest.

In short, it would be nice if we were more aware of and sympathetic to the world's other inhabitants, because au currant we're progressing towards a very callous and lonely future. Our evolution, even though it's strikingly different to the rest of the world's, is arguably natural because it's 'just happening' and the planet is adapting around us. Whether it's a self-destructive progression or not remains to be seen, ultimately, but I think it's safe to say that our intelligence should lend us more empathy and fairness.
We even fight amongst ourselves a phenomenal amount, which is debilitating even if you think one race is more superior than the rest. Perhaps it's ingrained, something to keep our population in check where disease, starvation, and predation can't.

STOP. ARE YOU READING THE ABOVE POST?
If not, do it. I'm beginning to get the impression that 50% of TF is populated by literate parrots/sentient mirrors.

In a way, I don't think we are "out of control" because the world is mostly under the control of humans. But actually, we are out of conrol because we struggle to take care of the planet and it's living things, including our own species. World leaders and super rich people, for the most part, do everything in their power to stay on top, and keep everyone else on the bottom because generally they have had so much since the beginning of their lives and don't truly understand those living lower standards of life. I find that the human race is very paranoid, but that we have the potential to be a very empathetic people. That kind of humanity would take ages upon ages to reach though. Also, I honestly think that if the world was destroyed by nuclear war, humans would still surive one way or another.

Tell that to Bill Gates the man with America's biggest charity.

Most rich people work for their share and World leaders have Charisma x10000 that of your average citizen. You don't just spawn something up in life you have to earn it.

Strong order the weak and the weak listen. Like a king and his peasants.

They got their spot from instincts and hard work not just staying "You listen to me now." You have to give higher position credit for what they do even if they use that power recklessly and "badly".

I give Hitler lots of credit, I despise but at the same time praise him.

Yes.

No.

I wish I was capable of writing informative and constructive posts like everyone else in this thread, especially Bambi's...:(

In answer to the question, and to put it simply; YES.