If Nature Had Been Kinder

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Published on Mar 26, 2014, IEET Fellow, David Pearce talks about aesthetics from an evolutionary point of view, talking about animals, nature, humans, and posthumans. Can we predict what aesthetics a posthuman would appreciate? What is Beauty? At any rate, we will be able to genetically engineer kindness, perhaps a beautiful aspect of our galaxy?

Darwinisim - life on other planets and the unlikelihood of locomotive life to exclude predation.
Nature is not inherently kind - though one can appreciate its beauty.




Published on Mar 26, 2014, IEET Fellow, David Pearce talks about aesthetics from an evolutionary point of view, talking about animals, nature, humans, and posthumans. Can we predict what aesthetics a posthuman would appreciate? What is Beauty? At any rate, we will be able to genetically engineer kindness, perhaps a beautiful aspect of our galaxy?

Darwinisim - life on other planets and the unlikelihood of locomotive life to exclude predation.
Nature is not inherently kind - though one can appreciate its beauty.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-YWsHlNWTU