There's a million minutia that we could get into here and of which there are some differences but I want to kind of stay at the high level topology. The key distinction is that the adaptive advantage that every other animal has is the result of genetics, not evolutionary process. A chimpanzee will use a sharp rock to cut something it'll experiment with the rocks around to see which one experientially cuts faster than another. We started being able to increase our adaptive capacity through abstraction through tool making and through abstract coordination mechanisms people start to get intoYeah but animals make tools you can see even crows will use tools to break things open and chimpanzees will use tools and the beaver will
In this fourth installment of conversations with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we dive deeper into the nuances of humans using energy, materials and technology. Human’s ability to develop and use tools is one of our greatest strengths - yet has also led to increasing destruction of the natural world. How does technology intensify the binding effects of a world order based on growth? Is there any way out - or could global solutions just make the problem worse?
About Daniel Schmachtenberger:
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.
The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.
Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.
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