Western Civilization, Hyper-Novelty and Evolutionary Capacity
Human beings are the fastest evolving animal species due to cultural evolution, yet the current rate of technological change outpaces evolutionary capacity. This discrepancy, termed hyper-novelty, results in physical and psychological illness while contributing to the perceived collapse of civilization. Rescuing Western civilization is presented as a necessity for future generations despite the need for systemic upgrades.
western civilization· hyper-novelty· cultural evolution· technological change· brett weinstein
00:00 What we want is a system that liberates individuals as meaningfully and as broadly as possible. That should be our guide. It's classically liberal? It is it is classically liberal, and I believe it is also actually liberal, and it is a perfect match for what I find my many conservative friends believe as well—that this is the metric that we can use to test any system that we put in place. Does it liberate people or does Or does it constrain them? If it liberates them meaningfully over the long term, It's a good thing. What they have recognized is that they have no use for us. And I wish that was an exaggeration, but you can see this so clearly in what they did to the public over COVID. I don't think we really have any choice but to rescue Western civilization it is the best tool we've got always has been not to say that it can't use upgrading here and there
00:55 We have to save it because your children, my children and all of the grandchildren that we might ultimately have are depending on us to do it. And the idea of hyper-novelty is that although human beings are the fastest evolving animal species that has ever existed And that is largely the result of the fact that we evolve in a different way. We are actually able to evolve culturally, which is much more rapid than genetic evolution but even though we are the fastest evolving animal species that has existed The rate of technological change is so fast That even our evolutionary capacity can't catch up and that is resulting In us being sick physically psychologically socially
01:41 What you're detecting as the collapse of civilization is really a manifestation of many different kinds of hyper novelty that is making it difficult for us to see what's in our interest. They are gambling with A planet that isn't theirs to destroy, that is actually the birthright of every living person and it's the entitlement of all people who will eventually live here. They are gambling with it and they obviously don't know what they're doing It is likely many of deaths occur as a result of these shots. It's the result of the mRNA platform itself
