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Part 1: Concepts · Section 2: Essential Concepts

Chapter 2: Civilisation's repurposing superpower

Draft v2.0 · 18 September 2026

Civilisation has learned to repurpose human predispositions through rules, institutions, incentives, approval, restraint and reciprocation so that the same underlying human drives are more likely to produce constructive rather than destructive outcomes.

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