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One implication in this post that stands out to me is that humans inhabit a position of observing, interpreting/theorizing, and forecasting the patterns we now call evolution. To me, this suggests we hold a position of potential intervention in the pattern(s) of evolution--which could be quite a powerful position (or perhaps a doomed one...)! I'm curious if you consider your call to "align ourselves with the cosmic patterns" to be within the realm of intervention, or quite different? Either way, are we involved in a kind of "meta-evolution" (heh) attempt?

On another note, my average-level knowledge of evolution did not include the four features you lay out here. Nor do I think the average person typically considers evolution through the lens of patterns; I think we are used to assigning it the role of a scientific law or principle (despite some controversy in the U.S.) in the same way we think of Newton’s Laws. I’m finding this new info and framing interesting to munch on—and it does make me want to consciously re-examine the links between “pattern” and “principle.”

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