You write as if you think the Evolution Fairy is going to smite us if we don’t consciously try to maximize inclusive genetic fitness.
Read the last quote. Acting against the grain of reality tends to cause the actor to cease being real.
Is that bad from the actor’s perspective? How should I know? But actors who view that as good, or who act regardless of that consequence, tend not to accumulate in existence. They do not endure.
We are descended from the actors who survived their environments, who one way or another made the choices that went along with the grain. Now the grain has shifted, but we’re repeating the same patterns.
Read the last quote. Acting against the grain of reality tends to cause the actor to cease being real.
Is that bad from the actor’s perspective? How should I know? But actors who view that as good, or who act regardless of that consequence, tend not to accumulate in existence. They do not endure.
We are descended from the actors who survived their environments, who one way or another made the choices that went along with the grain. Now the grain has shifted, but we’re repeating the same patterns.