MZ comments on The Weak Inside View - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 November 2008 06:37PM

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Comment author: MZ 18 November 2008 08:46:54PM 0 points [-]

BTW, there aren't just four such shifts. If you looked closely enough, you could find many more. The evolution of multicellular life. The evolution of sex / genetic exchange. The first tools. Writing. All of these paradigm shifts changed growth rates, although the curve looks rather flat by today's standards.