SOSC 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pyramid Scheme, Complex System, Massey Lectures
29 Mar 2017
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We have been living in civilisation for only the last 5000 years, about 0. 2% of our evolutionary history (the rest as hunters and gatherers) We have 21st century software running on hardware (human nature) that hasn"t been upgraded in 50 000 years (wright). Best selling novelist, published in 10 languages (stolen continents: conquest and. Also a philosopher and historian, but trained as an archaeologist. This book (heilbroner"s too) is part of a series called the massey lectures, co-sponsored by cbc radio massey college (uoft) and house of anansi press. Documentary surviving progress based on the book. Wright presents a critique of progress and a warning about our current civilisation. Our civilisation has an operating system" or software" that has become incompatible with our natural systems" or hardware" the elements of life"- earth, air and water. Our civilisation is a pyramid scheme" and borrowing" from the future.
