Oddbean new post about login | logout what about the clowns themselves? are they just npcs, or are they just taking a lower grade test? Does that fact that I call them clowns hurt my grade.
It has to do with herding behaviour, which is the greatest defect of the human species, in my opinion.
It's tradeoffs, imo, because while first principles thinking is often necessary, we can't all learn about time dialation before using a GPS device. Some modicum of appeal and reliance on trusted authority is necessary to put people to their highest and best purpose in the aim of collaborative benefit. Without some herding instincts we'd all be doing everything alone and we would die because our human bodies are soft and weak.
Tradeoffs, or matter of degree. There's a reason why some food animals are farmed and others are left in the wild. For example cows versus deer, who never stop fighting for freedom when trapped. You can't domesticate a deer. Humans are more like cows.
I agree with this. I think my only disagreement is whether it’s a flaw or a feature with tradeoffs. What I mean is if we didn’t have this characteristic I’m not sure we’d still be humans.
Seems the idea is that if people were more like deer, perhaps they would be too unruly to establish a civilization. But deer do commune amongst each other, learn from each other, etc. In contrast, I think the conquests of history can be thought of as a timeline of humans being domesticated into farmability.
Great questions! Here is an easy way to determine who are the “clowns”. And no, I do t believe you hurt your grade by calling them clowns. As long as you can identify who they are. https://manna.amazingfacts.org/amazingfacts/website/prophecyodyssey/docs/ProphecyOdyssey_BW_Guide15.pdf