Emotions/Limbic systems evolve at genetic rates, institutions evolve at
social/cultural rates (maybe the fastest significant change can
happen/resolve is in multiple lifetimes?) but technology is advancing at
must faster rates?
Or is this wrong(headed) also?
On 10/4/24 3:43 PM, glen wrote:
None of that is true, however romantic it might sound. Depending on
how one defines "emotion", that smells the most true. But the
mechanisms of emotion are as coupled to current reality as is every
part of our bodies. To suggest that, say, the Space Force or methods
like quantitative easing are medieval is just nonsense. Technology is
more democratized than it has ever been. Granted, it takes (a lot) of
work to familiarize oneself with something like how GPS works or how
to NOT click on that phishing email. But to suggest that it's
"godlike" says more about the person than it does about the state of
technology.
On 10/4/24 11:16, Prof David West wrote:
/"The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic
emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is
terrifically dangerous."/ Edward O. Wilson.
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