Mel Williams
2010-10-21 14:40:55
Exactly, Crystal.
The notion that human nature is going to somehow tilt to the ‘good’ side for any length of time betrays a total lack of understanding of our nature. We should not be working on perfecting human nature, but rather on building institutions that recognize this fact. This urge towards human engineering always snaps back to equilibrium – and the energy of snap backs always overshoots.
