What is love? (& other digressions)

[LutiChris]

So i think i have a problem. It seems to me that there are two types of love that we generally use.

Example #1: I love this show, i love this song...etc
Example #2: I love my mom, dad, sister, brother, wife, kids...etc

I view love as an extreme emotion while also viewing the 2nd one as caring for one another in a deep way. When people tell me we should love one another i am against that. I don't care about building bridges with people unless they benefit me in some way. I'm not trying to be completely egotistical as both parties can mutually benefit each other like being nice, being helpful, selling/buying, interesting conversations...etc

I personally don't mind if i say i don't love you. And if i do... i might refer to example #1 as a temporary moment in time that you made me feel that way. The reason why i'm bringing this up as well is my coworker Farhan who i suspect is trying to manipulate me is expecting me (guilting me) into saying i love him back. And its not just him its other people in my work place that do this too. They have the idea that its okay to simply say it any time they please... and it just devalues the meaning of the word ... that's what bothers me.

I don't think love would be necessary if it wasn't for our biological evolution to wire us in this way. It was beneficial then but now i see it as some sort of flaw. The more logical and clear someone is the better they are, the more emotional someone is the more likely they are to be out of control. And this can also be seen in mental disorders/diseases. To say its equally likely for both logical vs emotional people to be affected in the same way seems false. There are treatments that do a better job at combating these types of illnesses but you can also do it the old fashioned way (the hard way) such as doing logical problems, puzzles, math, anything to help stimulate your mind in new directions. People who stay emotional I would think have a hard time coping with this sort of stuff since they are not actively fixing their mind. That's not to say emotional people can't be saved it just seems better overall to be logical. Emotional people can still make these new connections without the use of logic and problem solving by doing new activities and such, like if they never tried painting they can do that and also learn how to play the sax. While both persons are capable of doing the same activities i think the ones who are logical are more likely to stay focused and create more connections.

And one can't be 100% logical, there's always things that we miss and overlook because we are simply human and have that error within us. And its an error some accept as a good thing while i view it as something i want to avoid being a supremacist (not racial supremacist - mind you) seems like a good idea. And this is why i like transhumanism, because eventually we'll be able to be smarter intellectually and it will slightly help us combat these kind of diseases and solve a lot of problems in the future. There's nothing really wrong with being emotional if that's what people prefer. I just like seeing us as a species evolve and things become a whole lot more convenient for us to get food, access information at our fingertips, spark new conversations with new people across the globe... etc

Its my understanding that staying logical will help us fight even our worst biases that were drilled in us at an early age (such as religion). Someone who doesn't even think about these things can be swayed by understanding fallacies and being honest with themselves. If they are honest they are automatically open-minded and will accept reason as truth no matter how crazy such ideas are.

Anyways that's the end of my rant... Any thoughts or concerns?