Oye. Searching for this post post-username change was a little annoying... probably aided by my thinking this was shared by francopoli instead of flags.

So, it must have really been a good idea seeing as it's been bothering me for the better parts of two months, according to the count. It's a bit tragic since I still don't remember exactly what it was, especially so since I'm not inundated with topical info from the lecture I had just had on the topic of Calvinism/determinism when I wrote the initial comment. Further, I can't say I'm even in the same mindset I was, since reading through the piece, I'm not resonating with it as much. But, seeing as it's been bothering me this long, I may as well honor it and try to put it to rest.

The piece in and of itself has its own form of plot progression. The end of which has a resolution of "but we're in the driver's seat now"/uplifting or hopeful note. Yet, the majority of it is filled with Calvinistic inferences of humanities depravity in driving its species into isolation on Earth. There seem to be a bit of citations around the climax regarding future perspectives, sad reflections of personal convictions and/or alien perspective regarding some loathing or tragic aspect of humanity, which are inherently laden with subjective bias of limitation to only human experience - I'm banking on none of those quoted having been to the future or have lived as another species to regard our own with some special knowledge. Of course, the point being part of the author's thesis or tying into the idea of human guilt. To pay it a bit more mind, the narrative's diction in and of itself circle about inferences/themes to some degree of uneasiness, loss, or outright shame by humanity's hand.

In truth, this seems a bit more like some sort of ramble at my part so far, so I'll cut this short where I can in attempt to tie it all back. The piece looks more like an evolution of what we've seen in some philosophies of who's in the drivers seat, up until now. The evolution reflecting back onto mankind's imprint on the world. Personally, I think the end is a bit more of an obligatory pick-me-up of today's writing. The piece strings together the elements of 'total depravity' and 'determinism' (more-so explicitly) found in Calvinistic tenets.

Damn wish I had the memory to remember whatever that string of thoughts once was.

But, hey, you win some and you lose some, eh?

BTW, much appreciated whoever went back and slapped on #thehumancondition as a community tag as requested. :)