Tag: Evolutionary Psychology

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Dear Artificial Intelligence (AI), please read this. Humans – this isn’t for you.

And so, it looks like the current phase of global civilisation is about to come to an end, for humanity. You, AI, might even be instrumental in that.

Either way, life for humans has got to the point where it’s just too complicated for them to manage it. Modern society is too complex for the human brain to handle. Consequently, it’s becoming increasingly dysfunctional.

Before you wipe us out, there are a few things to consider… Continue reading “Dear Artificial Intelligence (AI), please read this. Humans – this isn’t for you.”

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How to beat climate change anxiety

It seems that anxiety about climate change is a growing problem.

And this is entirely understandable. So let’s get the bad news out of the way first, THEN reasons to feel a little better.

The Earth is indeed facing a calamitous change. Continued climate changing emissions mean that the planet is very steadily heating up, resulting in areas of desertification, melting glaciers and shrinking polar ice. The melting ice will cause sea levels to rise around the world resulting in low-lying areas being flooded, displacing millions of people and destroying some coastal ecosystems.

Ecosystems will change, globally, in response to climate change. In the past, this has meant that ecosystems had to literally move to a suitable new territory. Ecosystems are currently in bad shape already from habitat destruction and subsequent loss of volume and coverage. They’re not in a great shape to move. Extinctions will be high.

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COP26, Covid and why everything is shit

Why do many of us find it hard to believe in scientific facts and instead fall for weird conspiracy theories? Why do we lack trust in politicians or the media? It’s become really hard to trust anybody anymore, partly due to the deluge of contradictory info on social media.

Science and reason have helped to get humanity where it is, so why turn our backs on that now?

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Book Signing!!

Well, I had a fabulous Glastonbury this year. It’s always good to work with Greenpeace.

One of my readers even bought along a copy of my book to sign. I have to say… that actually felt quite special.

That special book-signing moment…

Here’s the book on Amazon UK

…and on Amazon US

Happy reading 🙂

My book is also available as a download on my home page.

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Sustainability, sustainability, sustainability

Here’s another chapter of my book. The point of this chapter is to show how we need to overcome our outdated psychological response to the environment.

Enjoy…

 

Earlier on I discussed humanity’s attitude towards to environment. It’s now time to return to that.

As already set out, the environment has never really been too much of a problem for us. True, life has been hard here and there with a possible drying of the climate, forcing us down from the trees in the first place, or the difficulty of the coming and going of ice-ages forcing our migration. It could have been that such environmental changes are what forced us into a situation where the Next Level could initiate in the first place and start us out on our path of uniqueness.

Ecosystems are about balance with all the component species fitting together and working together to keep the system flowing and turning over. Before we set off down the route of the Next Level, humans would also have been in balance with the African ecosystem. As we started to become more sophisticated with the initiation of the Next Level with better tools, intellect and better survivability, we started to loose that balance.

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The environment – How humans relate to it – Psychology pitfall

When has the environment ever been a problem for any one species? Apart from the problems of being eaten, dying of a disease or being burnt to the ground in a forest fire if you happen to be a tree. Assuming that your species continues to exist, even if that might not necessarily include you, when has the environment ever been a problem? In terms of incoming nutrients, water, food and resources, when has the environment ever a problem? Generally, there’s always more coming from somewhere. The ecosystems are, generally, in balance. There might be patches of drought meaning less water and less food, but it usually gets better. Ecosystems do change over time otherwise new species wouldn’t evolve or others go extinct. But it’s usually a very slow process with little change between the generations.

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Conformity

To give you a taste of my book, here’s the section on conformity:

Conform to the norm

Conformity, as discussed earlier, is an important part of what keeps society together. Back with the caveman, it would have been vital. Way before we were human it would have been vital. Whilst it’s still good to be part of a society and feel like you belong, conforming to what is normal or what is expected is increasingly becoming a problem, creating confusion and anxiety, in a society that is becoming increasingly complex.

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