Being fed
intercerebrally may be just one indication of a cognitive change in humans that
will result in a Darwinian evolution of our species. From a prior post.
In the first
half of the twentieth century people invested cognitively; they read magazines
and books; they listen to radios programs that required focus and a cognitive
investment; they corresponded with written letters and spoke to each other in
person or on the phone; they played games like chess, checkers, cards,
backgammon – and even children’s games required thinking and imagination. People’s everyday life required attention to
details for most actions. People did
math – they balanced their checkbooks, and advanced math was assisted by slide
rulers that required translation into powers of ten. Even the movies, as corny as they seem now,
relied more on dialogue: Who’s on first base?
Today people
require little cognitive investment.
There is little personal interaction.
People correspond by abbreviated tweets. Young people sit together in a room focusing
on their phones. In restaurants people
have their phones beside their plates.
Entertainment is designed to stimulate, not inform. Young people play video games that are
interactive, but not cognitive stimulating. Research for students is now Google. Alexa takes our voice commands and changes
our channels or plays our music, computers can control our environment, cars
can drive themselves…
We are
advancing into an environment where humans are required less and less
investment in their daily lives and well-being.
We are becoming the mushrooms fed and entertained by technology.
This will
bring about a Darwinian change in our species.
One that will be totally distinct from Homo Sapiens Sapiens (modern
man.) Perhaps we might name our
future selves Homo Sapiens Sapiens Rex: the pentacle of the species.
Of course,
the Rex of a species becomes less adaptable.
And in evolution, it is not the biggest or the smartest or the strongest
of a species that survives; but the most adaptable.
We are becoming
less adaptable.
the Ol'Buzzard
