DEVELOPING AGENCY: THE SEARCH FOR PEAK HUMAN
We probably reached peak physical human prior to the selection pressures of agrarianism.
We probably reached peak domesticated human in northern europe during the late medieval period. If not by the corded ware era (more likely).
We reached peak natural animal domestication a long time ago.
We domesticated the last natural plants nearly two hundred years ago.
We probably reached peak natural territorial capital by the early 20th century.
We probably reached peak mobilization of natural human capital in the west by the 1950’s.
We probably have not reached peak cooperative (economic) technology as such – our monetary systems are lagging. We can improve cooperation in commerce.
We certainly have not reached peak political technology – our political systems are lagging. We can improve cooperation in the commons.
We seem to have reached not reached peak information distribution – the central problem being that the market has not curated the inventory of human knowledge (Brought it into scientific prose) yet.
To ‘peak’ we can largely only remove bads, rather than create goods. Meaning that all advancement will be in improving human capital itself.
The primary means of improving human capital is reduction of the unproductive (under) classes.
The secondary means of improving human capital is genetic modification.
I suspect that I understand the limits of improving human information access and processing and that will
Source date (UTC): 2017-08-07 08:17:00 UTC
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