After 200,000 Years, Humanity Is Still Clueless (10 points)

200,000 [let’s not obsess over the number] years ago, some hairy proto-human stood in a field, scratched their butt, and thought,

What now? And here we are, still scratching, still asking the same damn question.

We’re masters of nothing except messing things up.

We’ve got the internet but can’t handle our own brains.

We’ve got nuclear power but can’t stop blowing each other up. Humanity’s like a drunk driver behind the wheel of a Lamborghini, wondering why it’s all gone sideways.

We’re clueless, and we always have been. Here’s the proof.

1. We Overthink and Never Shut Up

Humans are geniuses at turning the simple into the impossible.

Should you pet the dog? Should you eat the taco? Should you love the girl? We don’t just decide.

We spiral. What does it mean to pet the dog? Is it moral to eat the taco? Am I even worthy of love?

By the time we figure out one thing, the dog’s dead, the taco’s moldy, and the girl’s left for someone who just shut up and kissed her.

We invented philosophy so we could sound smart while doing absolutely nothing.

2. We Worship the Wrong Things

Money. Power. Fame. Likes. Retweets. We act like these are golden idols, but they’re just neon signs flashing you’re still empty.

Meanwhile, the world burns, and we’re too busy watching billionaires play slap-fight on Twitter/X.

What We Worship	What We Should Care About
Fast cars and yachts	Clean water and food
The Kardashians	Mental health resources
Endless wars	Ending poverty

We prioritize trash because trash is shiny, and we’re all raccoons in a landfill.

3. We’re Tech Wizards, Emotional Cavemen

We live in a world where you can summon a burrito to your doorstep at 3 a.m., hot and neatly wrapped, but summoning the courage to say “I’m sorry” or “I love you.” seems impossible.

We’ve got apps to soothe every itch, scratch every urge, but when it comes to the messy, pulsing, human stuff—the raw meat of connection—we’re as clumsy as ever.

Emotionally constipated, that’s what we are. We choke on our feelings, stuffing them down like trash in an overfull bin, hoping the lid holds.

Instead of untangling the wires in our hearts, we hurl gadgets at the problem, like monkeys flinging stones.

Lonely? Swipe through an endless parade of strangers until your thumb cramps, maybe one of them will fill the void.

Sad? Here’s a robot programmed to mimic your ex’s smile—same dimples, same laugh, but none of the baggage.

Angry? Just scream into the digital void of social media where a thousand faceless strangers are ready to agree or fight back.

But no matter how sleek our tech gets, we’re still the same wild-eyed, screaming chimps we’ve always been.

A bad day at work still makes us kick the metaphorical tire.

A rejection still twists in the gut like a knife, no algorithm to smooth that edge.

Traffic jams turn us into primal beasts, snarling behind the wheel, gripping the horn like it’s a weapon.

We invent machines to outsmart our failings, but our hearts don’t evolve at the speed of silicon. They’re still fleshy and flawed, still beating out their old rhythm of desire, fear, hope, and despair.

4. Drama Is Our Drug of Choice

We don’t just stumble into chaos; we dive headfirst, cheering as we go. Wars, scandals, reality TV—if it’s messy, we’re hooked. Life could be peaceful, but we’d be bored.

The truth is, we need conflict like we need air. We love the fire even as it burns us alive. Humanity’s motto might as well be, Let’s see what happens if we poke it.

5. We Don’t Learn From Our Mistakes

Every few centuries, we reset the clock. New empire, same bad ideas. We build societies on greed and violence, then act surprised when it all collapses.

Rome fell. So did the British Empire. The U.S. is wobbling. But don’t worry, we’ll do it all again. Humanity’s history is just one long remix of the same bad decisions, now in HD.

6. We Fear Death but Do Nothing About It

Death terrifies us, so we spend lifetimes pretending it’s not there. Philosophy, art—most of it boils down to, Please don’t let this be the end.

But here’s the joke: nobody knows what happens after. Not Socrates, not the Pope, not your cousin who claims to have seen ghosts.

What We Know	What We Don’t Know
How to split atoms	Why we exist at all
The flight patterns of sparrows	What happens when we die
The surface of Mars	What’s inside our own heads

We’ve mapped the stars but not the soul. Death keeps laughing, and we keep pretending we’re not scared.

7. Survival Is Still the Default Setting

Strip away the Wi-Fi and the kombucha, and we’re still just trying not to die.

For most of history, that meant hunting mammoths and avoiding saber-toothed tigers.

Now it’s paying rent and not screaming at your boss.

Progress? Sure. But deep down, it’s the same game: Stay alive long enough to pass on your genes, then fade into the abyss.

8. We Invent More Problems Than We Solve

We’re problem solvers by nature. The problem is, we suck at it. Solve hunger? Create obesity. Solve travel? Create traffic jams. Solve disease?

Create antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Every time we try to fix something, we end up breaking it worse. Progress feels more like a prank we keep playing on ourselves.

9. We Can’t Agree on Anything

Humanity’s superpower is disagreement. Want to start a war? Ask two people what their favorite color is and watch the debate spiral into an existential crisis.

It’s not just the big issues—politics, religion, morality—that divide us. We can’t even agree on the little things, like the best way to make coffee, the proper way to hang toilet paper, or whether cats are better than dogs.

Collaboration often feels like a utopian fantasy when every conversation seems to turn into a battleground.

One person says we need more rules, the other says freedom is king.

Someone proposes compromise, and suddenly everyone hates them too. Even when we agree on the destination, we’ll argue over the route, the speed, and who gets to drive.

It’s not that we don’t try. Committees are formed, summits are held, hands are shaken—but underneath it all is the simmering truth: humans are stubborn creatures, clinging to their version of right like it’s the last life raft on a sinking ship.

We’d rather be divided and vindicated than united and wrong, even if it costs us everything.

10. There’s No Manual for Life

Life doesn’t come with instructions. You’re born, you cry, and the rest is improv. Philosophers, poets, scientists—they’re all guessing. Camus says it’s about defiance. Nietzsche says, Eh, power sounds fun.

But really? Nobody has a clue.

Conclusion

200,000 years of wandering, and we’re still lost. And maybe that’s the point. Maybe we’re not supposed to know. Maybe life’s a train wreck, and we’re just passengers trying not to spill our coffee.

So here’s the real lesson: there is no lesson.

Stop looking for answers. Embrace the chaos. Laugh at the absurdity. And the next time someone asks what are we doing here?, just shrug, take a sip of your drink, and say: Who cares? Pass the chips.