tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post3320669297285398404..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: A Brief History of HumankindSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84273996499290638002015-02-13T15:11:42.780-05:002015-02-13T15:11:42.780-05:00"· Empire is the most successful political sy..."· Empire is the most successful political system humans have invented, and our present era of anti-imperial sentiment is probably a short-lived aberration."<br />Roman empire lasted longer than Greek system for sure. Today's people power govement (democracy, socialism, communism,ect) seems heading to self-destruction like ancient Greeks.AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35126618041788584092015-02-12T10:44:35.313-05:002015-02-12T10:44:35.313-05:00His Coursera lectures are very well done. Lots of ...His Coursera lectures are very well done. Lots of stuff therein to think about.Quercusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-28461551057908319312015-02-12T09:30:55.332-05:002015-02-12T09:30:55.332-05:00He's claiming 9 populations, not species and n...He's claiming 9 populations, not species and not races. Some people want those populations to be defined as races and some don't.Bibibibibib Blubbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-62262359591036941882015-02-12T04:32:51.294-05:002015-02-12T04:32:51.294-05:00I enjoyed Harari's book -- I think I bought it...I enjoyed Harari's book -- I think I bought it on your recommendation. I think the most interesting message I took from the book is that the much discussed anthropocene actually began tens of thousands of years ago -- perhaps you could date it to when the first humans arrived in Australia and changed that continent profoundly. Certainly by the time humans had populated the Americas, the Hamish Johnstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20893829945144890922015-02-12T03:26:10.186-05:002015-02-12T03:26:10.186-05:00He's just being poetic, or narrowly defining h...He's just being poetic, or narrowly defining history as the story of the original homo sapiens.steve hsuhttp://plus.google.com/u/0/+StephenHsu/aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82047278812558289462015-02-12T03:08:44.523-05:002015-02-12T03:08:44.523-05:00"History began when humans invented gods – an..."History began when humans invented gods – and will end when humans become gods."<br /><br /><br />I wouldn't count on history ending at that point...stevesailernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9308563951057846942015-02-11T07:40:10.424-05:002015-02-11T07:40:10.424-05:00Counting the number of human species is highly pro...Counting the number of human species is highly problematic. The idea that there were six species 100,000 years ago and only one today leads to all sorts of problems. For example, if Neanderthals and Densovians bred with our ancestors, then according to the Dobzhansky-Mayr species definition all three are the same species. However, there are many problems with that definition, and while it appearsBobSykesnoreply@blogger.com