[FRIAM] nice quote

[Marcus Daniels]

Emotional learning can happen quickly...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/opinion/kamla-harris-double-standard-wome
n.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk4.4hcS.MvOYs9WxONvb&smid=url-share

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of steve smith
Sent: Friday, October 4, 2024 4:01 PM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] nice quote

Emotions/Limbic systems evolve at genetic rates, institutions evolve at
social/cultural rates (maybe the fastest significant change can
happen/resolve is in multiple lifetimes?) but technology is advancing at
must faster rates?

Or is this wrong(headed) also?

On 10/4/24 3:43 PM, glen wrote:
> None of that is true, however romantic it might sound. Depending on 
> how one defines "emotion", that smells the most true. But the 
> mechanisms of emotion are as coupled to current reality as is every 
> part of our bodies. To suggest that, say, the Space Force or methods 
> like quantitative easing are medieval is just nonsense. Technology is 
> more democratized than it has ever been. Granted, it takes (a lot) of 
> work to familiarize oneself with something like how GPS works or how 
> to NOT click on that phishing email. But to suggest that it's 
> "godlike" says more about the person than it does about the state of 
> technology.
>
> On 10/4/24 11:16, Prof David West wrote:
>> /"The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic 
>> emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is 
>> terrifically dangerous."/ Edward O. Wilson.
>>
>
>

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