Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>After listening to Hariri\u2019s Home Sapiens, I grasped, with a new perspective, the state of our humanity. I deeply realized that indeed we are the last human species. Our closest relative and competitor, the Neanderthals, were long gone.<\/p>\nSo how do we, as homo sapiens (\u201cwise men\u201d), wisely ensure the well-being and future of our species? The question seems too general or even irrelevant to many considering that everyday life on Earth continues despite the horrors of war, the devastation of calamities, and the forebodings of apocalypticism.<\/p>\n
But let\u2019s not toy around with the destructive propensity and capability of our species which could have played a significant role in the demise of the Neanderthals and could also threaten our very own existence.<\/p>\n
Life on Earth now is multifaceted and more complex than when we were still cohabiting our planet with other human species. The ancient \u201cus and them\u201d have become the modern and ironically complicated \u201camong us,\u201d and consequentially \u201cus versus us.<\/p>\n
\u201d We have become the only remaining human species\u2014but the only remaining species that wants to destroy itself for self-interest. Reflecting on the implications of our being the only human species left on Earth, I deduce the following principles for our international relations.<\/p>\n
As one human species living on one planet:
\nThe principle of cohabitation
\nWe all have the rights to peacefully and productively cohabit on planet Earth without the sequestration of others due to superficialdiversity such as geographical locations, skin color, social ideology, and culture; or because of national or corporate resource exploitation.<\/p>\n
The principle of mutual survival
\nWe cannot survive without the human ecosystem. Human life is a multidimensional ecosystem. It cannot survive and thrive with only one feature or characteristic in one locality.<\/p>\n
It necessitates global diversity and mutuality. For our species to survive, our relations need to be based on mutual universal survival. The principle of co-thriving
\nWe cannot thrive secluded from the universal life system.<\/p>\n
Regression and destruction of one geographical locus, one ethnicity, or one natural feature impacts the whole bio-societal system. Inversely, the flourishing of one locus, one ethnicity, or one natural feature in conjunction with others, furnishes the whole human system to thrive.<\/p>\n
The principle of developmental competition
\nWe have both the latent propensity for destructive bouts and a penchant for developmental competition. International relations based on destructive bouts eventually inflect global crises.<\/p>\n
Global relations based on developmental competition advance our civilization. Each progress in a varied sphere, though will not be the same, complements the whole progression.<\/p>\n
The principle of common home protection
\nWe only have one home, one present habitat for our species to live and thrive, and one human family. Allowing these to decay will not only result in our degeneration but also the eventual risk of our survival.<\/p>\n
As homo sapiens, we are at the top of the food chain and intolerant. We want to devour everything we can see and irrationally have the delusion of grandeur of being the only predator left.<\/p>\n
But the prey and the predator are one and the same. It\u2019s not so nai\u0308ve to outline what can be tagged as an idealistic theoretical construct. But let\u2019s also accept the fact that the most influencing factors in our international relations are either commercially exploitive or ideologically invasive.<\/p>\n
And these are not sustainable and globally beneficial\u2014for they are calculated goodness intended for the temporal benefits of the very few. The principle of the common good will enable us to see more beyond our present state and ensure the well-being and future of our species.<\/p>\n
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