Minds

20070125

devhak

devhak@yahoo.ca

 

One does not meet people, one encounters minds.  People are a base set of body types.  Minds are the only thing that differ people, by using an intellect that has diverse variations even in those at the average.  The most interesting occur at the extremes where nature is testing different genetic traits on those at the extreme highs and lows of the population, to figure out what is best at survival in the changing environment, as an effort to protect the survival of the general population in succeeding generations.  The ones whom survive are generally those whom have the strength, intellect, foresight and will to persist through the changing environment, both physical and culture-induced; and also must be able to reproduce and/or teach the following generation the basics of life and how to adapt when the known world changes variably through the progression of time. 

          There is an upcoming crunch if the population gets to be too many for the living environment to support, as it will change the intellectual biology to adapt.  I can already see it starting in the people I meet, and the new intellect creeping into the media towards the general public as this intellectual evolution progresses.  But this time it is different than other times as our awareness of and effect on the greater universe ever-increases due to the ingenuity and flexibility of the human mind, the brain muscle, we have marvelous technologies allowing perception and communication through complex though simple means; the voice box to ear, drums across large distances, smoke signals, mail, telegraph, telephone, radio waves, internet, wireless, and satellite internet, what next?  All requiring mental ability to discover, create, design, test and teach, though simple once learned.  Without, civilization would not have come about.  The minds of wild animals are becoming aware of the human population-induced problems, and are adapting to the best of their ability to survive, learning from the cues of humans.  Most will not likely adapt enough, and will perish, but some of these creatures will find a wide ecological niche and adapt as induced by further changes in the living environment.  The human-induced degradation of the environment affects all earth-bound life, not just Homo sapiens-sapiens, and therefore other species will try to adapt.  In this sense human conscious choices will be what the future adaptations will need be, the mind rather than body… well, actually the earthbound body would be required to adapt less than the mind, as our species has evolved to do prior to the new digital revolution, and the new science.  This trait has obviously been growing until now, but only in the past few decades have we had the mental ability to conceive of and build the institutional and social infrastructure, to have such an option as changing such a large portion as the planet’s surface environment, though past civilizations do mirror this trend and knowledge of the increase in population and technology as new lands are found.  The thing, I think, that best illustrates the difference in ability is both in building and destruction.  Never in the past (prior to atomic), have we been able to both destroy the living environment of our entire species, but we also have the ability to save such a high percentage of the population from the high hazards of living by designing a free culture that provides the necessary infrastructure in a safe living environment for intellectual stimulus to occur between minds, and necessary nutrition for the body to comfortably survive.  This will occur when there is sufficient intellect and will in the world for it to develop.  Technology is a tool, a means to move our species forward and expand our territory.  Its use is based on those in control, and what is at stake they wish to protect, monetary and power interests, or open economy and freedom for the people, I’m not implying anarchy, but a more liberal and intellectual society than current conditions reining. 

          [I can visualize my own life over the past few months, escalating in evolution as I learn more, quicker, of my place in this universe, and adapt to increase the chances of survival in as many of the possible future environments as may occur.]

          We must maintain the human elements, and teach people how to reduce disparity.  The effect this should have is to replace mundaneity with optimism based on truth and zest for life.

          We are children learning fast as new toys hurt us, and so newer toys that cause less/no harm must be made; along with a matured intellectual mindset in the leaders of this species. 

 

dh

 

 

 

“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book”

Henry David Thoreau, Walden