dominance & submission
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November 13th, 2021
- Mat > dominance & submission
- can't go look at old memes
- & in humans evolutionary pressure acts on both genes & memes, so hard to say that any particular pressure would have caused a particular genetic thing
- usually memetic, because faster
- source: The Secret of Our Success
- even if genetic predisposition to dominance/submission behavior, wouldn't one be able to consciously choose xyz?
- M > depends on exactly what the intrinsic reference levels are
- it seems to me like people definitely have some drive towards autonomy/freedom
- though this may be primarily a natural consequence of having a drive towards meeting all of their needs, actually
- idk if they have one towards dominance per se
- afaict, people don't have an intrinsic drive towards cruelty