His Story

History suggests human nature is hostile towards environments and other humans.

As Bill Bryson explains in A Short History of Nearly Everything, for the large animals that have gone extinct in the past one hundred thousand years, the time frame on when a species died aligns with when humans showed up in that area.

And according to historian Will Durant, in the past 3,421 years of recorded history, about 268 of those years were without war.

We humans contemplate our limited time, resources, and control. We have a superior ability to coordinate in large groups to deal with these limitations; however, when we come across other groups of people and animals trying to do the same thing, our track record is one of violence.

Despite war and hostility being a macro-norm, billionaire Ray Dalio argues, "...history has shown us that typically the majority of people stay employed in the depressions, are unharmed in the shooting wars, and survive the natural disasters."

We are a resilient breed and descendants of the strongest and most intelligent humans ever to live. How do I know? Because you wouldn't be here if it weren't the case.

And it's fantastic that we non-engineers can turn on a light with a flip of a switch, or us non-medical people who have access to an emergrncy room 24/7/365, or that bridges don't usually collapse when semi-trucks cross them on the way to the grocery store. It's a miracle that in a very choatic world, most things that matter work more often than not.