One thing that moves me towards placing a lot of importance on culture and institutions: We’ve actually had the technology and knowledge to produce greater-than-human intelligence for thousands of years, via selective breeding programs. But it’s never happened, because of taboos and incentives not working out.
One thing that moves me towards placing a lot of importance on culture and institutions: We’ve actually had the technology and knowledge to produce greater-than-human intelligence for thousands of years, via selective breeding programs. But it’s never happened, because of taboos and incentives not working out.
People didn’t quite have the relevant knowledge, since they didn’t have sound plant and animal breeding programs or predictions of inheritance.