Yes humanity is stupid, brutal and selfish but the reasons are far more interesting than you might imagine. People today are told there are no absolutes; what is is right. The lack of moral absolutes drives the problem.
Learning about humanity through literature and the arts gives one a sense of reality that has not change in five millennia. How we deal with humanity can be based on law or compassion. I would suggest that exercising compassion leaves you in a better position than law. I would suggest you can only gain compassion or empathy through an energetic application learning in areas of humanity.
I have been a technologist for 49 years. I currently work as a software developer and have done so for the past 20 years. You can be a technologist and a human being should you choose to do so.
A BA has become a search for a justification for abortion, utopian communism, and the eradication of non-believers.
I just finished a biography of Mao. 70,000,000 killed. Liberal Arts majors only see that he failed to create a true secular equality. Not that he killed.
The question is whether you are willing to hate back, at least enough to protect yourself.