Robin Hanson

Robin Hanson reflects on his 15-year-old essay 'This is the Dreamtime' and how his current views on cultural drift align with his past insights. He recognizes that our era, marked by rapid growth and integrated global economies, will seem alien to our distant descendants living in fragmented worlds. While he touched on the notion of consequential delusions dominating our lives, Hanson admits to overlooking the potential for cultural change within our 'dreamtime' period. He ponders the difficulty of raising selection pressures and returning to more adaptive behavior, suggesting that people often stop short of fully exploring complex topics like this.