This is possibly the best creation myth I’ve ever read. Possibly because unlike other creation myths, this one is actually true.
You’ve found amazing poetry in this grand cycle of gene warfare. But now I must wonder: How self-contained are all these desires? Will we evolve some of them to extinction? It is very hard, and somewhat disconcerting, to think of what today is human as only a passing phase on an endless continuum. Yet to assume humanity would always remain as it is seems both unrealistic, and unsatisfying—we want to see growth and novelty. So I guess I hope we will become more complex, more interesting… Rather than get narrowed toward a less fragmented sense of purpose.
This is possibly the best creation myth I’ve ever read. Possibly because unlike other creation myths, this one is actually true.
You’ve found amazing poetry in this grand cycle of gene warfare. But now I must wonder: How self-contained are all these desires? Will we evolve some of them to extinction? It is very hard, and somewhat disconcerting, to think of what today is human as only a passing phase on an endless continuum. Yet to assume humanity would always remain as it is seems both unrealistic, and unsatisfying—we want to see growth and novelty. So I guess I hope we will become more complex, more interesting… Rather than get narrowed toward a less fragmented sense of purpose.