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That we are arcing exponentially upward ''towards'' something, as the [[adjacent possibilities]] explode around us<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEtATZePGmg ''The “Adjacent Possible” – and How It Explains Human Innovation''], [[Stuart Kauffman]], TED, </ref> presumes that where we are, presently, as close to “our common end goal” — [[truth]], [[Utopia|nirvana]], [[apocalypse]]? Who knows? — as human civilisation has ever been. Now, seeing as we don’t, [[Q.E.D.]], know what that end goal is (if we did, we would already be there), nor therefore can we know how close we are to it, nor whether we are going in the right direction. Better hypothesis, thanks to [[Occam’s razor]]: ''there is no end-goal''.
That we are arcing exponentially upward ''towards'' something, as the [[adjacent possibilities]] explode around us<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEtATZePGmg ''The “Adjacent Possible” – and How It Explains Human Innovation''], [[Stuart Kauffman]], TED, </ref> presumes that civilisation is, presently, as close to “the singularity”, whatever that is — [[truth]], [[Utopia|nirvana]], [[apocalypse]]? Who knows? — as it has ever been.
 
But, seeing as we ''don’t'' know what or where that end state is (if we did, we would already be there, [[Q.E.D.]]), nor therefore can we know how close we are to it, nor whether we are going in the right direction.  
 
A better hypothesis, thanks to [[Occam’s razor]] therefore: there is ''no'' end-goal. We are just humans, being.

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That we are arcing exponentially upward towards something, as the adjacent possibilities explode around us[1] presumes that civilisation is, presently, as close to “the singularity”, whatever that is — truth, nirvana, apocalypse? Who knows? — as it has ever been.

But, seeing as we don’t know what or where that end state is (if we did, we would already be there, Q.E.D.), nor therefore can we know how close we are to it, nor whether we are going in the right direction.

A better hypothesis, thanks to Occam’s razor therefore: there is no end-goal. We are just humans, being.

  1. ↑ The “Adjacent Possible” – and How It Explains Human Innovation, Stuart Kauffman, TED,
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