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keeping in mind that certain forms of inflexibility are vital to the structure of an organism. Bones for example. Or in the case of the human super organism, ec
by tehchromic 10y ago
keeping in mind that certain forms of inflexibility are vital to the structure of an organism. Bones for example. Or in the case of the human super organism, ecological stewardship, which was the original subject of the religious sciences.
- espeed 10y agoAre you familiar with Jonathan Haidt's work on the psychology of morality and the formation of superorganisms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt Here is one of Haidt's TED talks that touches on the ideas of cooperation, group selection, and the free-rider problem: http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_to_self_transcendence http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_... His Edge article on "Contingent Superorganism" https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10386 https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10386 NB: Also see this recent post on "information theory and the foundations of life" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13496133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13496133