A different view about human evolution
When we talk about evolution, concepts are quite clear. The best ones are the ones to survive, therefore generation upon generation, species are expected to be better (I read though a book entitled "El elogio del imbécil" that sustained the opposite theory - interesting approach as well). But lets stick to the traditional approach.
So from a genetic approach I think we can agree that every generation is in average slightly better than the previous one. And we can conclude then that the most evolved persons are the most beautiful, tall, healthy, etc.
But what happens with the cultural commands that we learn since we are born, either in an explicit way or by other means? Can we consider that there is an evolution in there as well or not?
I think that for instance men that hit their kids "to teach them" are a clear example of non evolved individuals. Because they not only stick to old concepts, on top if this they dare to support their behaviour as the correct one. This behaviour is an example of the cultural command that says that a man has to be strong, and to rule the lives of their family. He does not have to negociate, whatever he says has to be accepted, etc. Just because he is the man of the house. This also means that he lacks more evolved capabilities to get the same result with a more evolved approach (and he also lacks many other things, but this is not the point now).
Tons of cultural commands are blocking our evolving capabilities. Pruning our wings when they start to grow. Aborting our mind attempts to bypass the rules. A man is not expected to do this or that. A woman, a kid, should not do this or that. I think we are not even aware of this. Like when we drive a car, most of the actions are not done in a conscious level. We just behave in a way, in the accepted way from a cultural perspective, but when we do, the root cause analysis is not that clear.
So to me an evolved person is a person able to bypass these commands. To make things he or she is not expected to do. If we take a frequent example, like men don't cry, or if they do they are weak men, not brave enough, etc., then I think that this command is spread by people who are themselves not capable to give that step forward. Thus a man that dares to cry is an evolved man.
When a man that cries will get to the point that he will not feel ashamed because of crying, but he will be proud of being able to go beyond cultural anachronic commands, then it will be perfect :)
So from a genetic approach I think we can agree that every generation is in average slightly better than the previous one. And we can conclude then that the most evolved persons are the most beautiful, tall, healthy, etc.
But what happens with the cultural commands that we learn since we are born, either in an explicit way or by other means? Can we consider that there is an evolution in there as well or not?
I think that for instance men that hit their kids "to teach them" are a clear example of non evolved individuals. Because they not only stick to old concepts, on top if this they dare to support their behaviour as the correct one. This behaviour is an example of the cultural command that says that a man has to be strong, and to rule the lives of their family. He does not have to negociate, whatever he says has to be accepted, etc. Just because he is the man of the house. This also means that he lacks more evolved capabilities to get the same result with a more evolved approach (and he also lacks many other things, but this is not the point now).
Tons of cultural commands are blocking our evolving capabilities. Pruning our wings when they start to grow. Aborting our mind attempts to bypass the rules. A man is not expected to do this or that. A woman, a kid, should not do this or that. I think we are not even aware of this. Like when we drive a car, most of the actions are not done in a conscious level. We just behave in a way, in the accepted way from a cultural perspective, but when we do, the root cause analysis is not that clear.
So to me an evolved person is a person able to bypass these commands. To make things he or she is not expected to do. If we take a frequent example, like men don't cry, or if they do they are weak men, not brave enough, etc., then I think that this command is spread by people who are themselves not capable to give that step forward. Thus a man that dares to cry is an evolved man.
When a man that cries will get to the point that he will not feel ashamed because of crying, but he will be proud of being able to go beyond cultural anachronic commands, then it will be perfect :)
posted by Morgana at 12:16 am
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