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 …
-
-
Our branch of Western culture has been around three centuries at least. Not only that, but the criticism and selective pressure we have learned to apply in that time vastly exceeds those of the previous fifty centuries.
-
‘The good ones’ may be good replicators, but bad ideas.
@DavidDeutschOxf distinguishes between: 1. Rational memes - survive by being better than rivals at surviving criticism. 2. Anti-rational memes - survive by disabling creativity, preventing one from thinking of rivals.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.