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Then there is the whole issue of my truth, your truth, our shared truth. As you were already indicating with your mention of the cylinder seen as a circle or a square, but this in fact extends to many other areas. Dare I mention Trump and American politics - now there is a man who has mastered the art of appearing to some as a perfect circle while to others he is definitely a square.

It’s a topic worth thinking about, how you discern what is true. I’ve heard it said, what is true is “that which is”. Which means, all of the physical world plus that which you can observe. Where you run into trouble is all the constructs of the mind.

What I have found is that the heart perceives more truly than the consciousness when it comes to perceiving what is true. Trust what you feel, rather than trying to work out what you should think.

From the standpoint of human inquiry, there can be no final frontier.
And I, for one, think that is a good thing.

@Jeroen said:
It’s only an example. Humans can manifest happiness, playfulness, joy. And that may be as good as it gets.

I was in the process of adding an edit when I got the notification that you posted. I was adding something to the effect of having some larger notion of the purpose or value of humanity that they're failing to meet, then yes humans are a sort of obstacle or detriment. I think my previously unexamined motivation is that what humans are for is to have a meaningful, happy life. Lets wish them wellbeing rather than elimination.

It’s only an example. Humans can manifest happiness, playfulness, joy. And that may be as good as it gets.

For nn individual, we perceive Good as Good Thought, Good Speach, Good Action as opposed to Evil thought, Evil Speach, Evil Action

Evil, in society, as the saying goes, grows strong when good people do nothing.
For individuals, for a person, good and evil.

Good and Evil may be seen as relative.
an example:
From the vantage of a certain corporation, the actions of it's employees and agents that enhance the corporation and/or generate gain for the corporation are good. On the other hand, said employees ans agents actions which diminish the corporation and/or reduce profits or generate losses are evil.
From the vantage of the community (Society), any actions by or on behalf of the corporation that, intentional or not, generate a benefit, say, enhance the quality of the community water supply, constitutes an action of good. Whereas actions by or on behalf of the corporation which harms or damages or otherwise causes loss to/for the community is evil.
The label of Gain or Loss is based upon both the affected entity and the affected society.
Here, I am not speaking of perceived gain or loss, but actual gain or loss.
The corporation, to gain good will, builds a school near the factory it is building. At first, the community is happy, (a new school!). But, as the schools is downwind of the factory and said factory is spewing toxic smoke out of it's smokestaks, many of the children, teachers and other around the school become quit ill. The perceived "Good" (Community gain) proved to be an Evil (actual loss)
So, insted of labeling these actions as "Good vs Evil", let us restate as Value. Thus a perceived Gain became an actual Loss.
True value must arise from the combination of Gain (personal) and Goodness (benefit to society). Thus , even when an individual or entity derives a gain from an action or activity, if it does not benefit the community (society), it can not be construed to pave any (positive) value (good) and must be attributed a loss (evil).
[While there is a third element, that of Beauty, it is an intrinsic value and not within the perview of this missive.]
This barely scratches the surface here. I have poorly illistrated the concept that a Japanese Educator named Tsunesaburo Makaguchi, in the the era of (pre-war Japan) wrote an entire book on in depth as "The Value Creation Education Pedegogy" and it was initially addressing educators form the standpoint of an educationasl philosophy (but which extends into society as a whole.).

Peace to all