We learned that for the first time in human history, there more obese children on earth than underweight children.
In the Middle East, missiles bomb peace talks.
Over the skies of Europe we’ve got drones and fighter jets.
In the US, supposedly the first among free nations, another political assassination.
It’s times like this you think, what a strange species.
If those Martian aliens turned up here, what would they think of us? How would we explain ourselves?
Religion is about loving thy neighbour, but we fight in the name of it.
Food is scarce but some have too much and others too little.
Democracy means freedom until you’re shot in the head for speaking your mind.
Of course none of this is unusual.
We’ve done this since the beginning of time. Fight, kill, war, rinse and repeat.
Animals fight for territory, food and survival. We do that to, but we also fight just because we can't agree with each other.
I think what it all boils down to is the fact we’re social beings. It can work for us but it can work against us - arguably, social media is making this all worse.
So what are we to conclude? How are we to explain ourselves to an alien?
What if they landed tomorrow in some big spacecraft, who would you take them to meet?
Donald Trump? Xi Jinping? The Pope? The King?
Honestly I don’t know.
Maybe we’d be better off asking a question: have you got any room for me up there?
Ryan Bridge is a New Zealand broadcaster who has worked on many current affairs television and radio shows. He currently hosts Newstalk ZB's Early Edition - where this article was sourced.
5 comments:
Absolutely agree Ryan. I think the aliens are probably surprised that we haven't managed to nuke ourselves yet. Maybe the aliens would like us if we just sent one of us, rather than a narcissist politician.
I would let Billy Joel meet the aliens. As explanation for our mad species he could sing them his sing " We didn't start the fire" it was always burning since the world's been turning It will still go on and on and on.
From the lyrics of the Monty Python 'I hope there is intelligent life in space cos there is bugger all down here on earth'
1984 song World Destruction bt Time Zone ...John Lydon etc seems timely to play
Ask yourself, if you could see from afar what was going on on this small blue planet, would you really want to come here?
The fact that we have not been visited by aliens is a sure sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere.
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