I think you mean assess humanity, not access. Two entirely different things there?
NoDamnNames said:
An Alien race comes to Earth and wants to access Humanity, you are ambassador. The Aliens want to know key triumphs and innovations of our species that were not developed for the purpose of war, and in general do not make us look like violent douchebags to see if we are worth keeping in contact with.
My gut reaction would be to convince them we are not worth keeping in contact, that humanity is an inherently violent species and we have hundreds of years of intellectual evolution to get through before anyone should consider us worth contact. On the dark days I come into internet forums, I might even suggest they wipe us off the face of the Earth. Or if they?re a peaceful species, suggest they built a giant sphere around the Earth so we can never get off. Because if they met any fundamentalist or extremist, we?d be at war pretty quick.
If I were feeling the better parts of humanity that day, I might sit them down with me to view the entirety of the Star Trek: The Next Generation series which does a more eloquent job of paralleling the finer points of humanity and its struggles through the form of entertainment.
If they didn?t have the time, I?d only discuss the advancements in communication including the written word leading to our abilities to talk to one another over the expanse of our planet, the ability to record histories and pass knowledge from one generation to the next and share information with each other. I?d conveniently omit that the end result of that to this point as been our need to argue our points with everyone that we can on the internet.
But again, seriously, we're fucked up as is, their presence will only make things worse. Get out while you still can!
