Why humanity doesn't learn its lessons?

[Monkey-man]

Enlightenment

Spirituality

What's Good Life and whats Bad Life. How to be happy, how not to be.

All of these are known for humanity for thousands years and yet humanity still living in darkness and suffering. Didn't learn history lessons. Don't  understand basic truths of life. And suffer over and over again.

What lies behind that really? How can that be not to understand that simple rules of having good life for thousand and thousands years?

Is it because history is cyclical? One generation can be wise and waken up, while another will be in darkness.

Is it possible to send wisdom throughout future generations at all? Is it fault of our ancestors that they couldn't transmit wisdom to us?

Whats the core reason of that? are we pre-destined for that in future or is there light in the end of tunnel?

[HII]

It's because every single individual has to learn all the lessons for themselves. It's because the "wrong" thing always seems tempting at first, until you as an individual learn the lesson the hard way. It's because the "right" way usually comes with delayed gratification, which you don't learn to appreciate before you taste it. And it takes a while until you give it a try, because your first thought is "why should I constrain myself so much and apply all this effort? Seems very uncomfortable..."

At least that's what comes up when I examine my own past.

[HII]

22 minutes ago, Monkey-man said:

Is it possible to send wisdom throughout future generations at all?

I guess we're gonna have to try and find that out. What I've learned on myself is that command and restraint is a very unsuccessful strategy.

(Btw, Spiral Dynamics Theory should have some answers for you.)

[Monkey-man]

@HII yes but is it possible at all to teach kids to avoid traps on this journey? So they can deeply understand why they are bad without having neuroticism

and in the same time raise them enlightened and without restraints

So they won't spend whole life just to figure out life and have only few time to actually live it

 coz otherwise I'm doubtful about 'evolution of consciousness', progress of humanity etc

how to if in the end all will start where it begun, same mistakes over and over again

[HII]

I figure getting them involved in the process of acquiring the resources that satisfy their needs should do some good.

[vizual]

It actually does learn, compare the ethics of our current society of the society of the Middle Ages. Huge difference, and 500 years in the totality of just human history is nothing. 

If anything, I am amazed how quickly our society is changing. On all levels, whether it be on a technological and ethical level. And yes, the progress is not linear. Sometimes a society has to take a step backwards before making two steps forward. Maybe you have experienced this in your own consciousness as well.

[Monkey-man]

@vizual true but this is seen on macro-level. when we investigate micro-level we see that in regard to psychology human-beings do sort of same mistakes that have been done 2,000 years ago.