I made this diagram for a talk last month, based on Richard Sennett's description in The Craftsman of a thought experiment by the evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith. Its point? Evolutionary change is very slow when compared to cultural change. Cultural change is very slow when compared to technological change. Don't get too carried away with recent technological developments. In effect, "love the brain you are with".
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