Humans exterminated other human-like species because of our unique ability to cooperate in large numbers. Unless the Chinese get there way and are able to enforce top-down homogeneity, we are not insects. Insects also cooperate in large numbers, but are inflexible and unable to change. For this reason, the basic structure of the ant hill has not significantly evolved. Remember that Xi Jinping!
Chimpanzees, like humans, also cooperate, but only in small numbers. Chimps and other apes band together only when they have intimate connections. Humans, on the other hand, have the unique ability to cooperate with total strangers so long as we are united by a common purpose. That purpose can be a myth, fictional story--or even a completely fraudulent premise so long as it is widely believed. Joseph Goebbels and Steve Bannon know all about this: a good story is far more unifying than a logical set of demonstrative facts.
Elon Musk has done more than his share of making connections and dissipating his electrical potential. Lately, he has even apparently reached new heights of cooperation--setting him further apart from his simian ancestors. To wit: word on the street is that Musk is the new adviser for the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. With Musk's expertise, new and more efficient versions of the anti-gravity suspenders to support the Baron's corpuscular mass are certainly in the offing.
What does the future hold for Musk and the Baron? Will they and the rest of humanity be devoured by the giant sand worm leviathans? Will Space-X, in cooperation with the new administration set up mining colonies in the asteroid belt? Will David Bowie's question ever be answered about whether there is life on Mars? Will the throbbing lower back pain and inability to walk prohibit me from going to work tomorrow? Stay tuned.....................................................................................
Ps. As Dave can verify, I didn't make it to work today
Elon Musk has done more than his share of making connections and dissipating his electrical potential. Lately, he has even apparently reached new heights of cooperation--setting him further apart from his simian ancestors. To wit: word on the street is that Musk is the new adviser for the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. With Musk's expertise, new and more efficient versions of the anti-gravity suspenders to support the Baron's corpuscular mass are certainly in the offing.
What does the future hold for Musk and the Baron? Will they and the rest of humanity be devoured by the giant sand worm leviathans? Will Space-X, in cooperation with the new administration set up mining colonies in the asteroid belt? Will David Bowie's question ever be answered about whether there is life on Mars? Will the throbbing lower back pain and inability to walk prohibit me from going to work tomorrow? Stay tuned.....................................................................................
Ps. As Dave can verify, I didn't make it to work today
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