Evolution

  • Compounding Interests

    This graph displays a cycle of Feast and Famine. The blue line represents material success and the amount of free time and energy people have. The green and red dots have the same amount of free time and energy. However,… Continue reading

  • It Is A Natural Cycle

    Evolution progresses through a cycle of Feast and Famine.The Feast floods the world with material success.Material success increases experimentation and exploration.Such rapid change creates barriers to emotional connection, thusweakening established social structures. People who cannot make emotional connections reflexively pursue… Continue reading

  • The Arthurian Legend All Over Again

    According to the story, there have been three industrial revolutions already, and we are at the beginning of the fourth. The first was steam, the second was electricity, and the third was computing. The fourth will be humans. Like genetically… Continue reading

  • The choice that is posed to every individual when the times shift from feast to famine, is whether they will work to maintain the image of perfect success developed during the feast or if they will work to stay in… Continue reading

  • The Inverted Beehive

    Over and over again we watch societies collapse in blood and fire because the ruling classes work to create a human community that resembles the structure and efficiency of a beehive. Sadly, it can never work. The reason it can… Continue reading

  • Societies Are Flawed

    Nothing is perfect. All people are flawed, and thus, the families and communities and societies we make are also flawed. Visions of perfection, put forth by religions, philosophers, and fiction writers are just models, reference points. They are never meant… Continue reading