As I was reading this I noticed that Erik makes the same logical mistake that is often made when people contemplate evolutionary theory... the notion that natural selection happens to the group rather than to the individual.
It came as a sort of entertaining surprise, then, to read a bit further and notice that Erik explicitly attempts a metaphor about group selection to underscore his comments about how a human social system ought to work.
To those who haven't read the book in question: I recommend reading it for yourself before you waste much time reading essays like Erik's.
It came as a sort of entertaining surprise, then, to read a bit further and notice that Erik explicitly attempts a metaphor about group selection to underscore his comments about how a human social system ought to work.
To those who haven't read the book in question: I recommend reading it for yourself before you waste much time reading essays like Erik's.