Quote Originally Posted by APOLLO STASH View Post
maybe it sounds cliche because it's simple and straight to the point. i'm not with you or against you.

there's an innumerable amount of cultures out there with many different people that are part of them. it's impossible for strip this planet of culture and i highly believe you can't prevent it from happening again if you start fresh.

so being that we currently live in this culture filled planet, we might as well learn to unite through accepting other people's preferences. doesn't mean you have to, and you don't have to take part in any one else's culture...but if you wanna be a highly effective, interdependent being, why not accept their inevitable differences and build on it?
I'm perfectly fine with recognizing, understanding and accepting cultural norms and practices. But.. I am curious though of how humanity would operate/react in the event - if all of it was stripped over night on a global or micro scale. Maybe it's curiosity or an engineer's perspective of making things work and move more efficiently.. I dunno... However the amount of science journals I've read (leisurely - in my spare time) and developments in the transhumanism movement has left me very optimistic (70%), and then (30%) pessimistic. WE have so much potential, but it's being smoldered like a fire.