Our primitive brains are no match for the godlike technology that dominates and manipulates our lives. No wonder we’re losing our grip on the truth.
The Times
“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have palaeolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and godlike technology.” -- Edward Wilson
Datapoint: Historian and anthropologist James C Scott has pointed out, for 99.75 percent of human history we lived in forms of organization completely different from present-day human societies.
