>>13259343I do think there is a possibility we are actually some kind of middling/lower level species and being babysat is the only way we don't destroy ourselves.
Just look at recent events. Then think about how the average human these days interacts with technology and social media. Events and developments in the modern world quickly and easily overwhelm and exhaust the average person many times over. In many senses, most of the world as we know it really is on 'autopilot' with most people kind of idly sleepwalking forward. For most new technologies, extensive testing is not really done aside from the most obviously destructive ones, anything even slightly nuanced is just developed and then released.
