Re: Does Technology Weaken Us? (Note)
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Safiya,
I understand your point - if there is one overarching rule for all of life, one thing that could considered our "purpose", it is undoubtedly evolution. The simple mechanism where beneficial traits propagate while detrimental traits wane is built into fabric of the universe, and it is the only thing that makes our existence possible.
One should wonder, then, of the role of human knowledge and technology play in evolution. Does the development of, say, antibiotics mean that we have thwarted natural selection altogether, preventing our further improvement of our species?
It is a worthy question, but upon our discovery of the Emergence, I think the answer must be an emphatic 'no'. On the scale we could previously observe, we were limited by a necessarily subjective point of view. But now we have the capacity to observe, partake, and benefit from the same process that shapes us. How many generations before a new medicine results in a weakened immune system? How many further generations lead to improved intelligence leading to even better solutions?
In the previous century mathematicians spoke of a "singularity" of advancement that would alter human affairs forever. Whatever they may have imagined, the Emergence dwarfs that exponentially. It is not a danger. It is our salvation.
Drushka
About the Note
This is a green text note written by Drushka, describing her thoughts on the Emergence's role in human evolution.
This is Note 10.
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