Frustrated with humanity? You’re not alone—and that’s a good thing

You don’t have to be a ‘spoiled brat’ to have an overall negative impression of humanity.

As long as there are activists, there will be good-natured hand-wringing over their tactics and messaging. We were reminded of this last month when climate activists “attacked” Stonehenge (by spraying a washable dye on the stones) in protest of government inaction to mitigate climate change. Cultural critics across the political spectrum reacted scoldingly, with even some fellow climate activists tsk-tsking the action and calling the people behind it “self-aggrandizing vandals” and  “spoiled brats.”