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Essay likens civilization to gaming exploits and nature's 'bio-hacking'

This essay explores the concept of exploiting system loopholes, drawing parallels between gaming "munchkinry" and real-world security exploits. It posits that nature itself is the original "bio-hacker," having exploited chemical and physical principles to create life through a series of advantageous discoveries. The author suggests that civilization, like biology, is built upon similar exploitative principles, leading to complex structures and emergent properties. AI

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 · Joe Rogero ·

    Civilization as a tower of holes

    <p><i><span>Epistemic note: This essay conflates two related concepts, the tendency of humans to build civilization by exploiting Nature’s rules and the vulnerability of that same civilization to exploits in turn, under one name. I’d like a better name for these two concepts and …