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Such superorganism traits arise only if they are evolutionarily advantageous, and only when evolutionarily pressure selects for those traits. However, overpopul
by TheAdamAndChe 5y ago
Such superorganism traits arise only if they are evolutionarily advantageous, and only when evolutionarily pressure selects for those traits. However, overpopulation previously was never really an issue, high population density was the exception rather them the rule, and various nation states clamored for scarce resources through war. This means that such forces haven't been part of our species for long.
In such an environment, wouldn't evolutionary forces be less likely than, say, ubiquitous xenoesteogen exposure from new chemicals like plastics or a vastly different diet and lifestyle from our evolutionary origins?
- doggodaddo78 5y agoHow do we know this? Didn't most humans aggregate in tribes roughly 150 or so? And then civilizations arose roughly 5500 BP (300 generations). What's to say (cannot be proven) that nature (evolutional psych) and nurture (socialization and norms) optimized for larger communal living with higher intelligence, self-control, etiquette, less violence, etc.? Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature is a good read that doesn't exactly address nature/nurture but peers into the trends.