Genes vs Cultures vs Consciousness: A Brief Story of Our Computational Minds

by Andres Campero

People are happy because they are committed to what they think is good, not because what they think is good is in fact good (as Nietzsche would agree). That is why, whether a Muslim who covers her face, a Chinese who gives money to one of the gods, a Mexican catholic who eats the sacramental bread, a praying American from the United States, or a dancer from a Kenyan tribe, people are all being happy by following their social nomos.