Oh totally (and you probably know much more about this than me). I guess the key thing I’m challenging is the idea that there was something like a very fast transfer of power resulting just from upgraded computing power moving from chimp-ancestor brain → human brain (a natural FOOM), which the discussion sometimes suggests. My understanding is that it’s more like the new adaptations allowed for cumulative cultural change, which allowed for more power.
Oh totally (and you probably know much more about this than me). I guess the key thing I’m challenging is the idea that there was something like a very fast transfer of power resulting just from upgraded computing power moving from chimp-ancestor brain → human brain (a natural FOOM), which the discussion sometimes suggests. My understanding is that it’s more like the new adaptations allowed for cumulative cultural change, which allowed for more power.