Great post, tempted to read the book. We just don't have the inbuilt evolutionary incentives for optimising for long-term/generational success in today's lands

Great post, tempted to read the book. We just don't have the inbuilt evolutionary incentives for optimising for long-term/generational success in today's landscape. We are new to the role of custodians of spaceship Earth and it doesn't look we are ready to be in the driver's seat. Our genetic reward pathways guide us in the short term. But there is no dopamine hit for recycling, consuming less, polluting less. None of these things were a problem for evolution to optimise away in the past, and the speed of technological development vs timescale of evolutionary pressure to fix these issues is at odds. I think I agree with Lovelock - best bet is to develop AI fast enough and let it take over long term optimisation for us.