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Just started reading Harari's brief history of humankind and this gem perfectly fits in the rather unsettling story of our genetic pool. It is no longer the nat
by noiv 12y ago
Just started reading Harari's brief history of humankind and this gem perfectly fits in the rather unsettling story of our genetic pool. It is no longer the natural environment setting the conditions for who's fit to survive/chosen for reproduction but the present human culture which in turn is just the result of the previous.
If I had to choose an algorithm as an analogy, I'd say it is a recursion waiting for stack overflow. :)
- asdkl234890 12y agoWe are a very social species, the culture we create is our natural environment.
- Padding 12y agoWhat you're saying isn't wrong, but I doubt that societies where rulers have a monopoly on violence have existed long enough to have had an impact on evolution.