The animal nature of humanity, the limits of language and logic, and the above description of "human intelligence" triangulate to a probability that we will be neither the first nor last self-proclaimed "apex species" to go the way of the dinosaurs.
Yes, and similarly we know entire civilizations have disappeared in history. Most think it can't happen again. And even for those who do, there is something important often missed.
The more global our world becomes in which everyone and every state begins to follow the same behaviors of everyone else, the next civilization disappearance also becomes a global risk.
Agreed again. "The Collapse of Complex Societies" (J. Tainter) and "Political Ponerology ..." (A. Lobaczewski) seem to be narrowing in on the same conclusion — the first through the limits of sustainable complexity, and the latter through perpetually emergent pathologies. I guess the best that authentic individuals can do is tend the garden ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGvd1UPZ88
First line, second paragraph ... https://chomsky.info/20100930/
The animal nature of humanity, the limits of language and logic, and the above description of "human intelligence" triangulate to a probability that we will be neither the first nor last self-proclaimed "apex species" to go the way of the dinosaurs.
Yes, and similarly we know entire civilizations have disappeared in history. Most think it can't happen again. And even for those who do, there is something important often missed.
The more global our world becomes in which everyone and every state begins to follow the same behaviors of everyone else, the next civilization disappearance also becomes a global risk.
Agreed again. "The Collapse of Complex Societies" (J. Tainter) and "Political Ponerology ..." (A. Lobaczewski) seem to be narrowing in on the same conclusion — the first through the limits of sustainable complexity, and the latter through perpetually emergent pathologies. I guess the best that authentic individuals can do is tend the garden ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGvd1UPZ88