Ross

@rpoo · Sep 8, 2023

How has society's objective function changed over time? Survival & Security (pre-history to 3000 BCE) hunter-gatherer societies focused on food acquisition and basic survival. physiological needs metric: sustenance Conquest & Territory (3000 BCE to 500 CE) from the rise of ancient

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

We’re certainly very high up Maslow’s hierarchy compared to relatively recent history! Even the best doctors a few hundred years ago would operate without anesthesia using knives that still had blood from the last patient who died.

06:58 AM · September 8, 2023 · 69.2K views

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