Eternality: A Mega Blog on the Downsides of Human Evolution and the Consequences of Infinity
We like to think of ourselves as the best: We build particle accelerators, chart distant galaxies, and write symphonies, all because our brains allowed us to live longer and pass down information. But we didn’t start as cosmic masters. We started as microscopic, brainless little goobers swimming around in a primordial soup , driven by a single, blind directive: don't die before you divide. Evolution isn't a majestic ladder leading to ultimate intelligence. It’s a messy, chaotic bush. Random genetic mutations happened. Some of those mutations helped a goober survive a small while longer in its mud puddle, so those traits got passed down. Over eons, those branches split into fish, into reptiles, into mammals, and eventually, into us. Because our brain was sculpted purely to help a medium-sized mammal dodge predators and find berries in a specific environment, humanity is effectively trapped in a cognitive sandbox . Our senses are calibrated only for what kept our ancestors aliv...