At what points in history would you say mankind should be justifiably proud of itself?

When we all die and leave the plants, animals and environment alone.

The worldwide response to the Haiti disaster (so far) is admirable.

though I won’t argue with keeping the jury out on that call for a year or so to see actual results or – as the cynics among us contend – it’s just another photo-op)

Eradication of Smallpox? Man On the moon. Tang orange-like beverage.

Computers and internet?

bringing the buffalo, wolf,as well as some other species back from the brink of extinction.

The International Space Station. Multiple nations cooperated, and we actually had people living in space for an extended period.

When we are most admirable, we are also at our awfullest. Natural disasters, wars, crises bring out both extremes of human behavior.

@marinelife Yeah a shame it takes tragedy to see our human side.

I love ‘awfullest’.

When America elected Barak Obama.

When we view the Earth and see it as it appears in my avatar (see top left:) and like the tabletop globe with arbritary lines drawn upon it.
it’s then I’d be proud of what we have become…

The Renaissance was an amazing time in the world of art, and it still effects how we live today. I think, art being an integral part of mankind, that the Renaissance was mans finest hour as of yet.