We Are All Apes Behaving Like Ants

BJ Campbell
May 22, 2018 · 10 min read

Greetings Fellow Formicidae

There’s a prevailing opinion among some intellectuals that by virtue of our intelligence, the human species is now in a post-evolutionary state — that language, technology, and economics have separated us from the other organisms of the planet, allowing us to dominate the Earth. We are destined for grander, better things — enlightenment and space colonization — and we are off the evolutionary rails and can control our own destiny. This widely held view, in my estimation, is thoroughly and objectively wrong. To understand why, let’s first…

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BJ Campbell

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Conscientious objector to the culture war. I think a lot. mirror: www.freakoutery.com writer at: www.opensourcedefense.org beggar at: www.patreon.com/bjcampbell

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Culture War Analysis, Media Criticism, and Occasional Esoterica. (also gun math)

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