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I haven’t read his book yet but I’ve just finished a mind bending podcast he done with #[0] and I can understand why it’s confusing people, and why the thesis is probably being heavily rejected by Bitcoiners, Lowery is clearly stating the obvious through the fundamental forces of nature, people probably don’t want to accept the harsh realities of how nature works, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows… and if you cannot understand the connection between War & Money than you should probably take a closer look…

My personal opinion is that Bitcoin can be a weapon defence system which can be backed by the power projection game, but it could also be used to move us towards the ultimate peacemaking machine, so I find both sides of the argument right in a way, Bitcoin is ultimately just a powerful tool to be used, but it’s down to the humans to decide which route is taken.

My critique towards the thesis from what I understand is the emphasis and comparison between humans and the animal kingdom, it’s clearly evident that humans as of now are distinctively different in how we operate, communicate and build, humans in some sense have broken away from the traditional evolutionary model which animals follow, this is through the mysterious advent of language and the dawn of epigenetic evolution, where environmental changes are not through DNA and millions of years of evolution, but through conscious behaviours and responses, because of language we are able to create weird mouth noises and understand one another, language is not just in the form of acoustical pressure waves, but it can also be written and digitised, each carrier of epigenetic evolution can then process and advance the previous platform of knowledge.

Ultimately I believe Bitcoin is an extremely powerful tool, and that it’s down to whether humans can figure out that nature tends to favour cooperation & adaption.

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The Conscious Contrarian 2y ago

Epigenetics is not a human phenomenon.

Our behavior, while significantly more complex than that of other animals, is not evidence that we’re different in any fundamental way. All the language you’re using and the games you’re playing ultimately serve the same simple purpose, namely procreation or survival of at least certain of your genes.

Has language taken on a dynamic of its own? Maybe (one of the most fascinating explorations of that is the book Snowcrash). Is that powerful enough to make the claim that humans are fundamentally different? I have yet to be convinced.

Kano 2y ago

I mean if building technologies like the Internet, Bitcoin and walking on the surfaces of the moon isn’t significantly different I’m not sure what is?

Kano 2y ago

Knowledge and Language is epigenetic evolution which cannot be seen in other species, this is a fact.

Kano 2y ago

To the extent we see it I should say, it without doubt distinctively different.

Kano 2y ago

With the acceleration of language, information and technologies which are distributed globally, it’s only logical to expect to see further complexity and differentiation between us and the animal kingdom.

The Conscious Contrarian 2y ago

Let me sit with this. :)

Jac 2y ago

So fiction is an important part of this narrative, and while I think epigenetic heritable gene modification is a powerful mechanism we are just starting to understand, (Lamarck rolls his eyes i his grave) it’s probably naive to discount the forces of natural selection and vanilla evolutionary forces on our current iteration. It’s possible that a series of brushes with hallucinogenic fungi crossed with epigenetic heritability led to the shared fiction phenomenon, not seen anywhere else in the animal kingdom, and the rest is history.

Kano 2y ago

Stoned ape theory lol, it’s definitely thought provocative, can you reiterate and explain what you mean by shared fiction though?

Kano 2y ago

Because that’s entering more metaphysical questioning, I’m just dealing with what we have currently and what I assume everyone experiences🤣

Jac 2y ago

If you haven’t read Sapiens by Noah Harari I recommend it.

Kano 2y ago

🤝💯

Jac 2y ago

We are presumably the only animal that can communicate a reality that isn’t readily evident using spoken language. Until the communicated object is observed, it’s fiction. Money is a shared fiction we all believe in. Culture fits into that category as well.

Kano 2y ago

Okay I get what you’re saying, but ultimately the evidence points to the latter, because the environmental surroundings show us rapid complexity, compare the evolution of New York City to the Amazon and I’m sure you can easily find a distinct difference, interesting thought nonetheless.

Kano 2y ago

And I mean we can literally go on and on with this question lol…

Jac 2y ago

There is a lot to it. The why is difficult to answer, but I think it’s pretty difficult to argue that shared fiction isn’t the pivotal mechanism for Homo Sapien’s ascension to the very top tip of the food chain and dominant evolutionary force on this planet. Just look at the fossil evidence and disappearance of mega fauna on the island of Australia!

Kano 2y ago

I think there’s a strong argument against personally bro, only because it’s clearly event environmentally and technologically.

Kano 2y ago

I’m pretty certain up until now that no species have ever been in this position on planet earth.

Jac 2y ago

I agree. I hope the story has a happy ending among the stars.

Kano 2y ago

Evident*