This post deserves more engagement—it is profound. As an entrepreneur, scientist, and paleontologist, I must acknowledge how it seamlessly weaves humanity’s biological origin with the accelerating pace of cultural evolution. Never before in Earth’s history have we witnessed an inflection point as significant as the one we face today. It perfectly encapsulates the essence of ‘New World, Same Humans.’
We haven’t escaped our fundamental nature—we are simply building upon it. Successive design solutions are layered onto preexisting ones, creating nested patterns where specifics are wrapped in generalities. Our cultural tools of immense sophistication are interwoven with the emotional, cognitive, and social frameworks of our lineage—emotion, bias, tribalism, and all. Our future success hinges not only on transcending these inherent traits but also on innovating the most transformative technologies in the ~4-billion-year history of life on Earth.
I do not doubt that every element here will drive a wedge through our reticulating past, as the conditions of our existence (the environment) actively reshape the course of human evolution. This is real-time macroevolution, and we can ‘feel’ it as the pace of cultural change restructures our biological future. There has never been a more exciting time to be alive.
reminds of Star Trek's story treatment of 'Augments'. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Augment
This post deserves more engagement—it is profound. As an entrepreneur, scientist, and paleontologist, I must acknowledge how it seamlessly weaves humanity’s biological origin with the accelerating pace of cultural evolution. Never before in Earth’s history have we witnessed an inflection point as significant as the one we face today. It perfectly encapsulates the essence of ‘New World, Same Humans.’
We haven’t escaped our fundamental nature—we are simply building upon it. Successive design solutions are layered onto preexisting ones, creating nested patterns where specifics are wrapped in generalities. Our cultural tools of immense sophistication are interwoven with the emotional, cognitive, and social frameworks of our lineage—emotion, bias, tribalism, and all. Our future success hinges not only on transcending these inherent traits but also on innovating the most transformative technologies in the ~4-billion-year history of life on Earth.
I do not doubt that every element here will drive a wedge through our reticulating past, as the conditions of our existence (the environment) actively reshape the course of human evolution. This is real-time macroevolution, and we can ‘feel’ it as the pace of cultural change restructures our biological future. There has never been a more exciting time to be alive.