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The mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson makes a related observation about human society: The destiny of our species is shaped by the imperatives of survival on six distinct time scales. To survive means to compete successfully on all six time scales. But the unit of survival is different at each of the six time scales. On a time scale of year
... See moreStewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
But so long as somewhere somebody is incentivised to invent ways of serving others’ needs better, then the rational optimist must conclude that the betterment of human lives will eventually resume.
Matt Ridley • The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.)
A part of Dawkins’s purpose was to explain altruism: behavior in individuals that goes against their own best interests. Nature is full of examples of animals risking their own lives in behalf of their progeny, their cousins, or just fellow members of their genetic club. Furthermore, they share food; they cooperate in building hives and dams; they
... See moreJames Gleick • The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
evolution has produced a) incentives and interactions that lead to individuals pursuing their own interests and resulting in the advancement of the whole, b) the natural selection process, and c) rapid experimentation and adaptation.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Humans became the only species to acquire guidance on how to live from the accumulated knowledge of their ancestors, rather than just from their DNA.
Ian Leslie • Curious
Evolution can only happen if risk of extinction is present.