The Gom Jabbar, in Dune, is a deeper metaphor than I realized.
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It seems clear that in radically changing environments, individuals who can seek survival faster than evolution can change the reward function will have a fitness advantage.
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The Bene Gesserit, in Dune, were a response to technology. They thought developing this “survival intent” in people was necessary for humanity to cope with technological change.
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Unfortunately, Dune is fiction, not a how-to manual. We don’t know how to make humans who are all-round just better at being human. Would be cool though. Open problem.
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