In the April AMA you talked about whether the concept of emergence can be used with respect to human societies. This may be curious to hear your thoughts about an adjacent topic. Do you subscribe to the great man or great person, theory of history, or individual leaders drive the course of human history? Or do you subscribe to something more like historical materialism where the bulk forces like economics, technology, and culture drive the evolution of human history?" Maybe someday we will know, but now we certainly don't.
Welcome to the May 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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