Humantruth: A Philosophy for a World in Crisis

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This is the story of human evolution - its falseness to intelligence up to the present Wrong Reality. The truth about our incomplete brain mutation - that we have religion, education, government, law, but have not achieved the human right to equality, freedom and happiness, so that we are not yet fully human. This is the story of the relationship between consciousness and...more

Hardcover, 584 pages

Published October 1st 2009 by Checkpoint Press

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Sep 29, 2011 Saleena Karim rated it 5 of 5 stars

I came across and read this book a year ago and highly recommend it to anyone who questions what life is about. But you will need to have an open mind - in fact, if you are to get anything out of it at all, an open mind is an absolute must. Oates' central message is that since we are the animals with an optimally evolved intellect, we must realise our 'higher' purpose in life and reject our current utterly destructive lifestyle. It hardly needs to be said that we humans are by turns the are the...more I came across and read this book a year ago and highly recommend it to anyone who questions what life is about. But you will need to have an open mind - in fact, if you are to get anything out of it at all, an open mind is an absolute must. Oates' central message is that since we are the animals with an optimally evolved intellect, we must realise our 'higher' purpose in life and reject our current utterly destructive lifestyle. It hardly needs to be said that we humans are by turns the are the most creative and most destructive creatures on earth, but in addition, says Oates, we are wasting our true potential. Our existence lacks direction. We are part of the 'Machine' - a product of collective mindset which arguably came into being with legitimate reasons, but which now is outdated, and threatens our very survival. What is the point of our material progress? Is it worth the cost? Oates says that it is not.

We are not using our intellect for constructive purposes. We are using it simply to ... well, progress for the sake of it. Our lives are becoming increasingly automated, and this means we are heading blindly into a future that can only be described as bleak. And this is where the book gets very interesting. He has spent half a century observing the workings of the Machine and applying his mind to working out how we can escape its grasp (he calls this 'intellating'). It goes without saying that his solution requires a complete education of the human race (which his book aims to provide), but in addition it demands action. Action to actively refuse to participate in the present reality - no matter how small a minority it makes you, and no matter how much mockery you may face from those who don't understand.

If there is one criticism to make, I would say only that Oates makes the mistake of getting into minor details of his vision for the ideal world. As a wise man once said, we should always leave the details to the Future, as the Future is the best arbitrator. By going into details, Oates may well accidentally have appeared to crystalise something that is best understood from its fundamental principles of justice and freedom.

But this doesn't detract from Oates' brilliance. His book contains an important message to humanity, and we must all know it.
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