PhilGoetz comments on Group selection update - Less Wrong
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It might make more sense to think of one technology or one form of social organization pushing others out of existence. Human beings (and the rest of the environment) could be thought of as the resources used for propagation.
In this context group selection seems like an obviously important idea for understanding certain salient phenomena.
One level's organism is another level's gene? Not exactly, but there may be some use for that idea.