“Un numar infim de idei ne poate duce foarte departe, dupa cum am vazut, iar internetul face procesul asta si mai probabil. Dar ce se intampla acum, de fapt, este ca am ajuns la un moment din istorie in care suntem domesticiti de aceste chestii uriase de socializare cum ar fi Facebook sau internetul. Suntem domesticiti de ele pentru ca din ce in ce mai putini dintre noi trebuie sa fim inovatori ca sa ne descurcam. Si astfel, in schema evolutiei naturale prin selectie, ca nicioda pana acum in istorie, cei care copiaza o duc mai bine decat cei care inventeaza. Pentru ca inovatia este extraordinar de greu de facut. Grija mea este ca s-ar putea sa ne indreptam cu totii in aceasta directie in care vom deveni din ce in ce mai multi doar niste copiatori docili.”- Mark Pagel
“A tiny number of ideas can go a long way, as we’ve seen. And the Internet makes that more and more likely. What’s happening is that we might, in fact, be at a time in our history where we’re being domesticated by these great big societal things, such as Facebook and the Internet. We’re being domesticated by them, because fewer and fewer and fewer of us have to be innovators to get by. And so, in the cold calculus of evolution by natural selection, at no greater time in history than ever before, copiers are probably doing better than innovators. Because innovation is extraordinarily hard. My worry is that we could be moving in that direction, towards becoming more and more sort of docile copiers.” – Mark Pagel
De aici: http://edge.org/conversation/infinite-stupidity-edge-conversation-with-mark-pagel