Take in hand Wikipedia. A completely nonprofit organisation run by just ten people who set base rules and deal with media, every other contributor is a volunteer. It has produced an incredibly useful tool that is vastly popular. True, it is occasionally apocryphal, but by and large, it is both correct and free. This I think is a testament to humanity's ingenuity and vision.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, is 4chan. This is humanity at its lowest, its most despicable. Filled with both disgusting material and questionable morality 4chan is the source of destructive behavior, horrifying in the fact that the perpetrators of these things are just "normal people". Though they do come up with amusing jokes and memes, even on occasion handing out a bit of justice, 4chan displays humanity's feral and savage default.
In our lives we will perform both actions good and bad. Perhaps the good will outweigh the bad, perhaps not. But in all probability knowing this will not change your actions or opinions. Its just pointless pondering.
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