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by samsullivan 141 days ago
why do we insist on bringing the worst tech from sci-fi to reality? is our collective intelligence still not enough to thwart the social and market dynamics?
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No, our collective intelligence is not smarter than our base instincts and biological reward systems.
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> our collective intelligence

Come on, we are a race that took no less than 2,000 years (!) to realize the seat of thought lies in the brain and not in the heart, counting from when a prominent figure first hypothesized it (Alcmaeon of Croton).