gerald lindner
2 min readMar 5, 2023

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It won't help a bit. Why, well read this, then think again. Think harder. The pamphlet will seem quite ludicrous - which it ofcourse is.

- In his book The Secret Of Our Success, anthropologist Joseph Henrich states that humans evolved to transmit culture with high fidelity. And one of the biggest threats to transmitting culture with high fidelity was Reason. [...] Historically Reason has been the villain of the human narrative [..] so evolution removed those genes from the population and successful cultures stigmatized them enough to give people an internalized fear of even trying.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/04/book-review-the-secret-of-our-success/

- That fits in tightly with what Prof. T. W. Murphy points out (my words) that only 10% of humanity consists of logical abstract thinkers (MyerBriggs NT profiles). The rest, most of the vast majority (the ST-SF gene pool) are primarily sentients (thus extremely short-term-minded -seeing & feeling-is-beliving) beings. See 304-308 > https://escholarship.org/uc/energy_ambitions

In short human society is little more than, and reacts exactly like, any tribal primate species. From this we can learn the following:

"In chimpanzee society, the 'dominant' does not always have to be the largest or strongest, but rather the most manipulative and political chimp which can influence the goings on within a group. Chimpanzees typically attain dominance by cultivating allies who will provide support for that individual in case of future ambitions for power. By means, these allies too hope to increase their own social status.[..]. It is often the females who choose the alpha. For a chimpanzee to win alpha status, he must gain acceptance from the females in the community. Females have to make sure their group is going to places that supply them with enough food." All show submissive behaviour towards the dominant.

All sounds terribly familiar doesn't? Power + the promise of plentifulness are the only things that count. Talking doesn't help. Rationality is even worse, and as for that silly little piece of paper...well...:)

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gerald lindner
gerald lindner

Written by gerald lindner

My 3 continents, 5 countries youth deconstructed most cultural lock-ins and social biases. It opened my mind to parallel views and fundamental innovations.

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