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Are individuals and governments holding the humman race back from developing a more positive future?

Look what the Victorians and the British empire did with technology and you realise how poorly our advances in technology over its whole spectrum is at the moment. I think we should be doing so much better as a race, we are capable of so much more and all of our lives and the world we live in could be a better place. What do you guys think is holding us back.
I think our voting habits is one reason, governments more concerned with power than governing, which requires money, which comes as donations from companys who want their technology to be making more money than others, and smoke screens within ouyr societys and religions.

I can't blame the governments too far - many of them at least provide a stable environment where we don't need to look over our shoulders for bandits all the time, and stability is conducive to human advancement even if governmental priorities get a bit skewed.
A positive future can come from a critical mass of individuals getting an enlightened attitude, which reduces the selfish ego motivations and encourages a 'highest good for all' motive

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