So in taxonomy humans have the name Homo sapiens which means Wise Man.
But actually when you look at humans their life is not actually about wisdom it is about grasping at things they want and trying to hold on to them.
So really taxonomy should list modern Humans as Homo capiens .
At some point in the future there may evolve Homo sapiens which will be very different from H. capiens . Sapiens will value freedom and truth and be unconcerned about what they can own and grasp.
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By incredible irony it turns out that 'capiens' is latin for taking or grasping. So I'm proposing that modern humans should not be called Homo sapiens, but Homo capiens. H. capiens behaviour is typified by taking hold of things and trying to keep them, often at great personal cost. The general behaviour is termed Capitalism. The species Homo sapiens, by contrast, behaves differently: it is wise and does not exhibit this grasping behaviour, preferring unburdened giving and freedom.
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