People commonly assume that our species has evolved very little since prehistoric times. Yet new studies using genetic information from populations around the globe suggest that the pace of human evolution increased with the advent of agriculture and cities.
If we are still evolving, what might our species look like in a millennium should we survive whatever environmental and social surprises are in store for us? Speculation ranges from the hopeful to the dystopian.
Why is it that the sound of the human mind contemplating its own evolution reminds me of the sound of one hand clapping?
Seriously. It seems to me that worrying about where this train is going and why is as pointless and absurd as pretending that it has never left the station. But the question of what it is and how it works? This is the essence of human being.
Trains and a Buddhist kōan? A mixed metaphor that turns me on.
h/t: D.J. Grothe
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