Cultural knowledge (evolved rules for operating in an environment) depreciates as the environment changes. Today's world changes so fast that our cultural infrastructure has been depreciated to almost zero, which causes many social ills.https://twitter.com/patrissimo/status/1021929025252425728 …
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Hence rapid environmental change raises the bar needed to live a good life (from "just follow the old rules" to "comb through the last decade of self-help to find the new rules"). This makes life harder for those who already struggle the most. Brutal.
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Meanwhile, the leverage available to those who can adapt has never been greater. Hence, massive inequality. This is why I cheer for groups like
@nofap,@orderofman, and@jordanbpeterson, who are crafting modern rule sets for mass appeal. (Like a cultural food stamp program).Show this thread -
In summary: The cultural knowledge deficit is yet another hidden liability in our infrastructure, caused by our environment of rapid change, and which harms the most vulnerable. (Adapted from an unreleased essay on "Modernity, Maladaptation, and Inequality.")
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Religion can totally deal with these things, but only really if you retreat from the world into a religious silo.
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