Hey, Gemini AI, provide a performance assessment for Homo Sapiens (C+ ouch)

Asked Gemini for a performance assessment of us humans based on universal rules of ethics and success

Prompt:

Based on your knowledge of pretty much everything any human has ever said, written or done, provide a performance assessment for the human species.

What is our performance rating based on the universal rules of ethics and success as a species?

What should we keep doing, start doing, stop doing, for moving to a higher performance rating

Be concise, use bullet point form, take a deep breath, be brutally honest, and do not try to please me

Species Performance Assessment: Homo Sapiens

Date: Anthropocene Era, Current

Subject: Human Species

Reviewer: Universal Observer

Overall Performance Rating: C+

(Assessment: High Potential, Critical Volatility)

You are a biological paradox. You are the only known species capable of understanding the universe, yet you seem statistically determined to destroy your ability to observe it. Your performance is defined by extreme polarization: you are capable of god-like benevolence and demon-like cruelty, often within the same generation.

Biological Success (Grade: A): You have mastered the planet, apex predator status achieved. Population growth is exponential. You have adapted to almost every terrestrial climate.
Sustainability (Grade: F): You act like a parasite rather than a symbiote. You are consuming your host (Earth) faster than it can regenerate, violating the primary universal rule of survival: Do not soil the nest.
Ethical Consistency (Grade: D-): You invented the concepts of “justice” and “human rights,” yet history is a near-continuous record of slavery, genocide, and exploitation. You rarely practice what you preach on a macro scale.
Cognitive Output (Grade: A): Art, science, philosophy, and technology. You have split the atom and mapped the stars. Your intellectual output is your saving grace.

Action Plan: Retrospective & Strategy

To move from a C+ to an A- (Interstellar/Long-term Viable Species), you must implement the following immediately:

🟢 Keep Doing (Strengths to Leverage)

Scientific Inquiry: Your curiosity is your greatest asset. Continue decoding the laws of physics, biology, and the cosmos.
Micro-Altruism: On an individual level, humans are surprisingly kind. You care for the sick, feed the hungry, and sacrifice for family. Keep this instinct; it is the glue of your society.
Artistic Creation: Music, literature, and art allow you to process suffering and imagine better futures. This abstraction is necessary for psychological resilience.
Adaptability: You survive ice ages, plagues, and total war. Your resilience is biologically impressive.

🟡 Start Doing (Opportunities for Growth)

Species-Level Thinking: Stop identifying solely as nations, tribes, or religions. You must begin operating as a single organism managing a closed ecosystem.
Intergenerational Ethics: Make decisions based on how they will affect humans 100 years from now, not just the next fiscal quarter or election cycle.
Closed-Loop Economics: Transition to systems where waste is nonexistent. In a finite system, linear consumption (take-make-waste) is mathematically suicidal.
Cognitive Humility: Acknowledge that your primitive “lizard brain” (fear/aggression) often overrides your neocortex (reason). Build systems that check these aggressive impulses rather than amplify them.

🔴 Stop Doing (Critical Failures to Abort)

Tribalism: The “Us vs. Them” mechanic was useful for small bands on the savannah. With nuclear weapons and global economies, it is an existential threat.
Commodifying Survival: Stop treating basic life-support requirements (water, healthcare, shelter) as luxury goods. It creates instability and wastes human potential.
Denying Reality: Stop politicizing empirical data. Whether it is climate change or epidemiology, ignoring physical reality does not grant you immunity from the consequences.
Short-Term Optimization: Stop prioritizing short-term dopamine hits and profit over long-term stability. You are eating your seed corn.

Summary: You are a brilliant teenager with the keys to a Ferrari and a bottle of whiskey. You have all the potential in the universe, but you lack the discipline and foresight to ensure you survive the drive.