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This is extremely well written. I envy the craftsmanship!

Biological evolution gave us the cognitive hardware to pass information from one generation to the next without having to wait for genetics to do it.

This “cultural evolution” went into overdrive as we urbanized, giving rise to what I call the “social supercomputer.”

Same idea: https://www.lianeon.org/p/the-social-supercomputer

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