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that’s just not the society we kind in any more and that’s okay. we’re humans. we’ve adapted before. to agricultural civilisations from hunter gatherer tribes. across time. into radically different socioeconomic landscapes we always adapted. we will continue to
this is the base layer of narrative: survival https://t.co/tnMn3GVAPF
the story is thus is: humans band together to survive. surviving by yourself outside this group is nigh impossible. we become relevant to this group of humans, so they participate in keeping us alive, through jobs, homemaking, family https://t.co/P7pzqTVrjP
@AskYatharth maybe but please also consider https://t.co/O6mkAVpKRK
You may be tempted to be cynical about the motivations of everyone. But giving up on genuine compassion as a motivation is not just a tactical error: it's a misrepresentation of reality. Indeed, the super-cooperator cluster exists already. It's just not at a critical mass yet.