[geeks] While I'm at it, another Ubunut grouse

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: nate at portents.com
" 
" > Why do good (or, in the case of Linux, passably decent) things tend to go
" > this route?
" 
" There seems to be an average upper-limit on the amount of sensory intake
" and analysis that most people will actively engage in.  Stepping back and
" looking at aggregate human behavior as a kind of meta-organism, it makes
" sense I think (i.e. too many independently-minded individuals would errode
" the ability of a larger cohesive group dynamic to form).  And if you look
" at human history, most large groups of people follow that trend -
" reactive, not proactive.

this might also explain the thoughtless viciousness of children - it
punishes non-group behavior.  and we are a meta-organic group species.

" I do think there's a chance that with significant social and linguistic
" evolution, the total behavior could be more anticipatory-adaptive.

you're going against a million years of selected instinct though.  the
genes to unmold it must be pretty thin on the ground by now.
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