I agree with this, except for the implication that evolutionary fitness is a sufficient or even applicable goal-set for an individual. I fully intend to hijack my primitive desires in order to achieve my higher-order goals, and I recommend this to others.
I certainly didn’t mean to imply that a person’s goals should be related to evolutionary fitness—I was attempting to draw a parallel between the “goal” of evolution and the goals people set for themselves. Evolutionary goals get subverted by clever agents with their own agenda, and human goals can be affected by the same process.
I agree with this, except for the implication that evolutionary fitness is a sufficient or even applicable goal-set for an individual. I fully intend to hijack my primitive desires in order to achieve my higher-order goals, and I recommend this to others.
I certainly didn’t mean to imply that a person’s goals should be related to evolutionary fitness—I was attempting to draw a parallel between the “goal” of evolution and the goals people set for themselves. Evolutionary goals get subverted by clever agents with their own agenda, and human goals can be affected by the same process.