{"id":3768,"date":"2019-09-28T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2019-09-28T16:22:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T21:22:59","slug":"500-generations-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/500-generations-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"500 generations to Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>500 generations isn\u2019t enough time for evolution to do too much. So  the Primitive Mind\u2014a hardwired part of us\u2014is still stuck in the world of  11,000 BC. Which means we\u2019re all like computers running on the highly  unimpressive <em>Windows 11000 BC <\/em>operating system, and there\u2019s no way to do a software update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But humans have something else going on as well\u2014cognitive superpowers  that combine together into an enhanced center of consciousness we\u2019re  calling the Higher Mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/4-500-generations-v2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Higher Mind and his magical thinking abilities helped the human \nspecies transform their typical animal hunter-gatherer world into \nundoubtedly the strangest of all animal habitats: an advanced \ncivilization. The Higher Mind\u2019s heightened awareness allows him to see \nthe world with clear eyes, behave rationally in any environment, and \nadjust to changes in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So while our Primitive Minds are still somewhere in 11,000 BC, our \nHigher Minds are living right here with us in 2019. Which is why, even \nthough both minds are just trying to do their jobs, they\u2019re in a fight \nmost of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, the fights are about what\u2019s best for us\u2014a <strong>practical conflict.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full story can be found<a href=\"https:\/\/waitbutwhy.com\/2019\/09\/thinking-ladder.html?utm_source=pocket&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=pockethits\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500 generations isn\u2019t enough time for evolution to do too much. So the Primitive Mind\u2014a hardwired part of us\u2014is still stuck in the world of 11,000 BC. Which means we\u2019re all like computers running on the highly unimpressive Windows 11000 BC operating system, and there\u2019s no way to do a software update. But humans have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3771,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions\/3771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}