Story Of Our Species...everyone Knows It's Coming,

Working Inspires Inspiration. Keep Working. If You Succeed, Keep Working. If You Fail, Keep Working. If You Are Interested, Keep Working. If You Are Bored, Keep Working.

Considering That We Live In An Era Of Evolutionary Everything---evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Medicine, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Economics, Evolutionary Computing---it Was Surprising How Rarely People Thought In Evolutionary Terms. It Was A Human Blind Spot. We Look At The World Around Us As A Snapshot When It Was Really A Movie, Constantly Changing.

The Romantic View Of The Natural World As A Blissful Eden Is Only Held By People Who Have No Actual Experience Of Nature. People Who Live In Nature Are Not Romantic About It At All. They May Hold Spiritual Beliefs About The World Around Them, They May Have A Sense Of The Unity Of Nature Or The Aliveness Of All Things, But They Still Kill The Animals And Uproot The Plants In Order To Eat, To Live. If They Don't, They Will Die.

If You Don't Know History, Then You Don't Know Anything. You Are A Leaf That Doesn't Know It Is Part Of A Tree.

Right Now, Scientists Are In Exactly The Same Position As Renaissance Painters, Commissioned To Make The Portrait The Patron Wants Done, And If They Are Smart, They'll Make Sure Their Work Subtly Flatters The Patron. Not Overtly. Subtly.