I think perhaps it's worth thinking about the view of natural selection which historically has created a system of participants programmed to maximize their sha

I think perhaps it's worth thinking about the view of natural selection which historically has created a system of participants programmed to maximize their share of the gene pool. I think it's at least a passable analogue for a system of corporations that are each designed to maximize profit. The interesting bit is that what appear to be rigid "paperclip maximizers" (I love this term) evolve secondary behaviors. Emotions, religions, moral codes, and government. This leads to the question that if the system of corporations is a secondary behavior from the natural selection pressures applied to humans, while simultaneously being an analogue of that very system, will we see similar tertiary behaviors emerge from this system? Will corporations develop religion, moral codes and governance? One can arguably point to standards bodies as a form of governance (more nebulously, one could suggest that corporations have repurposed human governance systems as a tool for governance that serves corporations). My best way of framing moral codes are as being comprised of a behavior that in isolation gives the self less advantage, but through cooperation becomes mutually beneficial to the participants - something that prevents harm of the self by not harming others. This sounds a lot like what we would label "anticompetitive behavior"! I had a lot of fun following this train of thought, but the analogue seems to get extremely flimsy beyond this point. Morals are relative, they evolve as society changes, and the whole process seems much more accelerated when it comes to corporations that predicting anything or providing suggestions through this approach seems silly. I still think it's a fun analogue though, and it does make me curious what sorts of unintuitive behaviors a corporate world could give rise to in the future. Excellent speech - both content and delivery (through the video).