I can’t get past the infinitely kind and patient therapist/tutor/coach etc. My kids’ classmates are already having problems with social cues, facial expressions, etc. Isn’t part of being social creatures learning the subtle and complex signals of others? We don’t live in a world of infinitely patient and perhaps should not - lest our fut…
I can’t get past the infinitely kind and patient therapist/tutor/coach etc. My kids’ classmates are already having problems with social cues, facial expressions, etc. Isn’t part of being social creatures learning the subtle and complex signals of others? We don’t live in a world of infinitely patient and perhaps should not - lest our future children never learn when they have pushed passed the right use of another for assistance and into detrimental reliance. This and other examples of the author’s exuberance give me shivers as we move so far beyond being human - what it means and what it is. I picked up Sapiens again for a re-read after this article.
I can’t get past the infinitely kind and patient therapist/tutor/coach etc. My kids’ classmates are already having problems with social cues, facial expressions, etc. Isn’t part of being social creatures learning the subtle and complex signals of others? We don’t live in a world of infinitely patient and perhaps should not - lest our future children never learn when they have pushed passed the right use of another for assistance and into detrimental reliance. This and other examples of the author’s exuberance give me shivers as we move so far beyond being human - what it means and what it is. I picked up Sapiens again for a re-read after this article.