sci-fi-world-build

[sci-fi-world-build]

Fundamentally Human

I think there are some things that are fundamentally human. They have been part of who we are for long enough that they have changed us and we have changed them.

The spectrum of human reactions to a new phenomenon produces a bell curve. Some people love the new thing, some people hate the new thing. Most people are meh about it.

But some of segment of those reactions on that bell curve lead to more or better survival.

If you love your horses, you'll pay more attention to them and take better care of them and they will be healthier for longer and you'll be able to take care of your land and food production. So after a few generations of exposure to the new thing, the bell curve shifts towards love because more of those people survive every generation.

I think a lot of things have fundamentally shaped humans and human behavior. The love of caring for green things growing in the ground. Dogs. Cooking. Making textiles. Letters. Trains. Complex machinery.

But the thing needs to exist alongside of humans for long enough to make a lasting impact. Most modern humans have no exposure to farming but the love of green things growing persists in house plants and gardens.

I don't think computers will make the cut. I don't think they will exist in any recognizable form for long enough before they evolve into something else to make a lasting impact. But the parts of them that existed before computers will persist afterwards; the love of complex abstractions and blinking lights.

So when a human is lost in the modern world, they should expose themselves to one of the things that would have helped their ancestors survive to unlock that hidden, intrinsic, love that comes from nowhere and makes no sense.

Hobbies are important.