> doesn't mean that the average human has completely lost their capacity for critical thought The average person, maybe everyone, is very selective about where

> doesn't mean that the average human has completely lost their capacity for critical thought The average person, maybe everyone, is very selective about where they apply their critical thought processes. And groups of people ... groups don't have critical thought like individual people do. Corporations, political parties, social groups don't "think" coherently, but wield most of the power by being centralized or synchronized. Groups survive and grow by developing feedback and incentives that push back against individuals with critical not-aligned-with-the-group thought. If we are depending on unorganized mass critical thought to save us, we are surely doomed. We are going to need our best systems for getting along to date, and upgrades.