Like the largely collective instinct to destroy disagreeable people like Saddam Hussein after 9/11! What is a “right” direction?
> On Apr 24, 2022, at 11:32 AM, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am reading at the moment the German translation of "The Museum of Abandoned > Secrets" from the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko. It is a long novel about > the history of Ukraine. She writes sentences as long as pages where one > metaphor follows the next like pearls on a necklace of beads. > > One of these metaphors made me think if we can describe emotions as a > "driving assistant" for the vehicles created by our selfish genes. A driving > assistant shaped by million years of evolution which wakes up in the right > moments and guides us in the right direction (whenever it is supper- or > pairing time). If we select the right direction, then it rewards us by a > boost of energy or fuel. > > Does it make sense to extend Dawkins' metaphor like this? Our BMW 330E has > for example a system that warns the driver if he comes to close to the edge > of the lane. Then the wheel starts to vibrate. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems > > -J. > > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
