“It also starts to seem that all the industrial stuff we must deal with are part of our evolution. We find a way to keep it all running, or perish. Maybe it’s not too fanciful to say that we are now part machine–but only the machine elements that now exist. We can’t make it over.“
Ring that bell! A resonant understanding of evolution, how integral, sensitive and responsive, it unwinds wily and artful. Refreshing to hear.
And I’d say no; not too fanciful. We works with what we gots here and now;
We “evolve” by incorporating what is adjacent and accessible, exploiting energy reserves where ever we find them. “we cant make it over”. We cant rewind.
Still not all humans participate in this economy of ours. Not all ride that train.
Some number of us will make it through the bottle neck, and fair well enough to carry on.
Contrary to common misconception, hunters and gatherers are mostly well fed, rather than starving.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer
And I’d say no; not too fanciful. We works with what we gots here and now;
We “evolve” by incorporating what is adjacent and accessible, exploiting energy reserves where ever we find them. “we cant make it over”. We cant rewind.
Still not all humans participate in this economy of ours. Not all ride that train.
Some number of us will make it through the bottle neck, and fair well enough to carry on.
Contrary to common misconception, hunters and gatherers are mostly well fed, rather than starving.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer
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