#67 – Guive Assadi on Whether Humanity Will Choose Its Future
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The Evolution of the Future
The agricultural revolution occurred due to sensible local decisions and not a collective desire for agricultural societies./nThere is little historical evidence to show that people resisted becoming farmers during the agricultural revolution./nThe agricultural revolution is seen as a significant transition in human history./nConcerns about the future arise from the possibility of arriving at a future that nobody would have wanted./nThere are different ways in which the future can be bad, including extinction, people making poor choices, and outcomes nobody would have chosen./nThe agricultural revolution serves as an example of an unwanted future that should be considered./nAn evolutionary future is defined as a future in which competition between actors results in a direction that almost nobody would have chosen./nThe definition of an evolutionary future focuses on the actual possibility of choice rather than the eventual outcome./nChoice and the eventual outcome can sometimes be separate.
