Well, generally, it works by cycles of fascism and revolution—the strongest part controls things, until it doesn’t, and things break down for a while. After some intervention (nap/medication/surgery/etc.), control is re-established (or the being stops living). To the extent that the control is less severe, it lasts longer but diverges a bit more from it’s preferred directions.
This applies both to subpersonal (akrasia and willpower) and interpersonal (political power) cases. It kind of fits cancer/illness as well.
It is open to debate whether other, more pleasant models are possible to implement.
Well, generally, it works by cycles of fascism and revolution—the strongest part controls things, until it doesn’t, and things break down for a while. After some intervention (nap/medication/surgery/etc.), control is re-established (or the being stops living). To the extent that the control is less severe, it lasts longer but diverges a bit more from it’s preferred directions.
This applies both to subpersonal (akrasia and willpower) and interpersonal (political power) cases. It kind of fits cancer/illness as well.
It is open to debate whether other, more pleasant models are possible to implement.
I thought that the way it worked was living beings that get cancer and die are less likely to have kids.