Sunday, February 14, 2021

Tesla, Sapiens and Software Upgrades

 One cool thing about my new Tesla is that they've moved much of the operation of the car into software, which means that, as time goes on, my car will actually improve, unlike almost any other car out there.

In his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, the author, Yuval Noah Harari, points out that the main difference between Homo Sapiens and other primates is that we can organize ourselves around ideas and so we can have groups larger than just people who know each other personally.
The point being, we, as a country, are attempting a software upgrade of our humanity, trying to replace the old meme, which was good for some people but not all, with something that works for everyone. The old guard are resisting the upgrade, they're afraid of change, but eventually you have to upgrade, to get the new features.