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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Is the Web helping us evolve?

The truth lies somewhere between "Google is making us stupid" and "the Internet will liberate humanity."
By David Brin

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  • Monday, December 22, 2008 07:47 PM

    No.

    Evolution doesn't occur in a void. It is a dynamic process that occurs in response to organisms in competition. the pressures applied by competition cause the effects of evolution to manifest themselves.

    Our global human culture is about one thing if nothing else: If anything on this planet competes with us for resources or by competing in someway limits our growth it will either be completely wiped out or neutralized in some way as to render it impotent with regards to us.

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