I also don’t think we need to be completely anxious about it. Few people carry 5 gallons of water 2 miles uphill every morning and chop firewood for an hour after that. Do we suffer for it? Sure. Is it realistic to live that way in the modern age? Not really.
We adapt to the tasks at hand, and if somebody starts making massive breakthroughs by giving up their deep focus skills, maybe we should thank them for the sacrifice.
I worry that it’s a fundamental enough part of being an intelligent agent that losing this capability will make us less human. Similar to the WALL-E humans that had lost the ability to walk due to never walking. They were legitimately lesser beings due to that. :(
I think you’re right. It goes both ways.
I also don’t think we need to be completely anxious about it. Few people carry 5 gallons of water 2 miles uphill every morning and chop firewood for an hour after that. Do we suffer for it? Sure. Is it realistic to live that way in the modern age? Not really.
We adapt to the tasks at hand, and if somebody starts making massive breakthroughs by giving up their deep focus skills, maybe we should thank them for the sacrifice.
I worry that it’s a fundamental enough part of being an intelligent agent that losing this capability will make us less human. Similar to the WALL-E humans that had lost the ability to walk due to never walking. They were legitimately lesser beings due to that. :(