
Civilization doesn’t need optimization first. It needs survival constraints.
Rational EvolutionismA Theory of Civilizational Evolution for the Age of Carbon–Silicon ConvergencePreface: Why Rational EvolutionismHuman civilization stands at an unprecedented historical threshold. For millennia, the primary conflicts of humanity unfolded within civilization itself—wars between states, struggles between classes, clashes of religion and ideology, contests over resources and power. However destructive, these conflicts largely remained internal to the human world. In the mode...

Civilization doesn’t need optimization first. It needs survival constraints.
Rational EvolutionismA Theory of Civilizational Evolution for the Age of Carbon–Silicon ConvergencePreface: Why Rational EvolutionismHuman civilization stands at an unprecedented historical threshold. For millennia, the primary conflicts of humanity unfolded within civilization itself—wars between states, struggles between classes, clashes of religion and ideology, contests over resources and power. However destructive, these conflicts largely remained internal to the human world. In the mode...