• yboutros
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    17 days ago

    evolution didn’t suddenly stop at the turn of human civilization. It just shapes human evolution. Evolution is guided by the needs of the species. If some people feel energized chasing deer all day but society needs doctors, lawyers, etc… then those that are energized performing the new needs of society are going to have an advantage

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      16 days ago

      The issue with evolution is that it doesn’t really act fast enough to keep up with civilization, which lasted for an extremely short time relative to the entire time our species existed.

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        16 days ago

        There are 2 kinds of evolution, one is gradual changes over a long time, the other is when a massive event causes a filter and only a certain subset is able to continue (punctuated equilibrium). Human civilization in its own right is punctuated equilibrium