I sometimes wonder if it's just me. Am I the only one who has quite high expectations for people? Not just politicians, not just our leading scientists, or our great moral thinkers? Do I really think people can rise above all this petty garbage that fills our daily news reading? Do I actually believe we are more than just shaved monkeys? In short, yes. Most definitely. Absolutely. Why shouldn't I? Anybody who knows even the slightest amount of human history should recognise that we as a species are an extremely flexible, adaptive, and resilient animal. We are intelligent (stop laughing), we are self sacrificing, and courageous to fault. Our history though is littered with as many examples of the most heinous inhuman acts as it is those of praise and glory. So my question for this week for myself and for those that wish it as well, are we really so glorified as people, as humans? Or are we really just kidding ourselves?