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The Current State of Human Civilization: The 2020 Perspective Part 2 (What…
The Current State of Human Civilization: The 2020 Perspective Part 2
Where Are We Headed?
Becoming the Solution Part I
Stage 1: Understand What We Are and How We Got Here
Stage 2: Understand How Human Nature Shaped Culture and Civilization
Stage 3: Build New Cultural Norm
Cultural Evolution
17 Sustainable Developmental Goals
overcome malnutrition and famine
Green Revolution
Biotechnology Revolution
equitable food distribution
Population Ecology Revolution and Agroecology
control the number of people that need to be fed
less waste
evolved pyschology, moral instinct, prosocial conscious
slowed population growth
child-free culture
self-limiting/self-exterminating
Norway Lemming
Fermi Paradox
Tragedy of Commons
Laws of Population
overpopulation is inevitable
Increases in population, benefits and costs
benefits - costs = quality of societal services
Natural Selection
Becoming the Solution Part II
Biosocial Management Goals
Challenges
need for sustainable model for civilization
appease the "big four" human drives
leisure drive and legacy drive
addiction to consumerism and endless economic growth
extension of self
buffers self impermanence anxiety
need for happy meaningful lives
need for gender neutrality and balance
men are not as well equipped as women to deal with changes
overcoming "us vs them" mentality
tribalism and territorialism
roots of parachialism, xenophobia, ethnocentrism
multiculturalism vs cultural homogenization
dependance on endless economic growth
denying growth causes environmental degradation
priority to respond to the present, not future
"me" generation and narcissism
recent generations are more focused on leisure and legacy drives
Moral Enhancement
humans are happier when they do the right thing
moral education
requires political will
"green imaging"
guilt as a motivator
biomedical remedies
use of pharmaceuticals
genetic engineering and trans-humanism
potentially accepting a crowded lifestyle
break the habit of our ancestors
What Are We?
Whispering Genes
Expression of Genes
Biological Evolution
Genetic Legacy
Genetically Transmitted Heritance
Genes Explain Why Humans Are Different From Other Species
Genes Explain Why Humans Vary From One Another
Cultural Evolution
Socially Transmitted Inheritance
Memetic Legacy
Capacity for Culture is Genetically Determined
Self-Awareness
Curiosity
Intelligence
Favoured by Natural Selection
Capacity for Culture
Plastcity of Behaviours
Standard Social Science Model
Sterilization
Promotion of Reproduction in Desired Traits
Evolutionary Science Model
The Mind as a Colouring Book
Universal Themes
Synergy Between Memes and Genes
Famous Deadly Sins
Sloth
Envy
Guttony
Lust
Pride
Revenge
Greed
The Mating Machine
Sex as a Motivation
Behaviours that impact fitness
Fitness constrained by tradeoffs
Somatic effort
vs.
Reproductive effort
Parenting effort
vs.
Mating effort
Courtship effort
vs.
Playing the field effort
Falling in love effort
vs.
Mate-guarding effort
Fitness maximized by optimal tactics
By choosing mates based on fitness signals that depend on
Age
Sociocultural and economic environment
Gender
Implications
Sex drive is higher in men
Reproductive strategies depend on environment
Paternal uncertainty
Mating Systems
Polygyny
Benefits to men
highly scewed distribution of wealth, where few rich men can buy and obtain many wives
Benefits to women
Can increase her status
Monogamy
Traditional benefits
Females secure resources for herself and offspring
Male obtains paternity certainty
Male obtains care for offspring
Male obtains a housewife and cook
Male obtains a reliable outlet for sex
Modern Benefits
Traditional benefits are not necessary anymore
"Freemale culture"
Cheating
Benefits to men
decrease paternal uncertainty
Benefits to women
obtain good genes and resources from many different men
Offspring Production
Then
Wealthy families wanted sons
Sons could buy and support more wives
Poorer families wanted daughters
Daughters could marry up
Greater wealth was associated with more offspring
Now
women have fewer children
Less need for offspring as labourers
Child-free culture
Less need for offspring to care for elder parents
Desire education before starting a family
Increased accessibility to cheap and effective birth control
More technological advancements for health
Less division of family estate
Staying Alive
Adaptive Trait Variation
Environmental Cues
High Pathogen Stress
Higher Degree of Polygamy
High Preference for Healthy Attractive Mates
Greater Sexual Restrictiveness
Decrease Range Size of Ethnic Groups
Decrease in Parental Care Investment
Developmental Induction
Socialization
Promotes Group Survival
Language
Consciousness
Empathy
Obligation to Other Individuals
Nepotism
Speciesism
Racism
Religion
Moral Standards
Social Impertinence
Helpful Behaviour
Five Mechanisms of Non-Kin Helping Behaviour Evolved
Social Cohesion
Social Status
Attractiveness to Potential Mates
Mutualism and Reciprocal Exchange Between Non-Relatives
By Product or Spillover of Kin Selection
Penchant for War
Male Enterprise
Risk Taking and Violent Strategies
"Young Male Syndrome"
Self-deception
Escape From Self
result of
Eventual mortality anxiety
Purpose on the brain
Human instinct for meaning of life
to provide
Psychological equanimity in face of death
Leisure drive
Defined as:
Past definition
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Present definition
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Extension of Self
Curse of Conciousness
Legacy Drive Mitigates Mortality
Parenthood
Perception of Offspring as symbolism for immortality
Increase mortality rates leads to increased births
Excitement/Pride in Being Parents
Uniquely Human, Other animals do not hope or plan for children
Delusional Confidence in leaving behind extension of ourselves
Used to be maternity linked
Accomplishment and Religion were controlled by men, parenthood was a woman's legacy
Religion
Promise of Afterlife
The self is impermanent
Vertical Component
Transcedence and Immortality
Horizontal Component
Congregational Affiliation
Reinforce confidence in vertical component
Bolsters self-esteem and sense of memetic legacy
Incentive to behave in a way that benefits congregation
In our genes?
Religious people are more likely to have children
Accomplishment
Generate recognition or status
Prestige
Talent
Good Deeds
Dominance
Coercion
Intimidation
Has overshadowed Parenthood and Religion in Modern Times
Women have more opportunity
Industrialization and Creative Thinking
Political/Social Movements create a 'larger than self' feeling
The 'Cool Person'
Indifferent about mortality
Rejects fads/trends
Are they real or is it an act?
Fake - carefully crafted image
Anxiety about one's imagined, eventual mortality
Genetic Fitness
Could be positive - natural selection favoured those with anxiety about mortality
Could be neutral - byproduct of fear of unknown
Could be maladaptive - instinct gone awry
Motivations
Emotions
Pan-cultural Human Universals
Behaviours
Cultures
Biological evolution
Time and self awareness
Curse of consciousness
Terror management theory
Awareness of death
Revered gaze
Intrisic human desire to dream and imagine
Implication
Divorce
Serial Monogamy
Memory
"Altruism"
The "IT" factor
leading to a
means
leading to a