EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DESTINY 



attempted. The solution of the problem of survival is 

 consequently pragmatically determined for any species 

 and the resultant outcome determines its manner of 

 further development. 



From the overall consideration of the evolutionary 

 process, it would appear probable that after a period of 

 complexification of the multicellular organisms a new 

 integration step will take place leading to the formation 

 of an entirely new organic entity — namely the societal 

 organism. Analysis of the nature and history of human 

 society, as well as study of the colonies established by 

 other species, make it apparent that such an integra- 

 tion process is presently taking place. Many aspects of 

 human society, man's intelligence, man's control over 

 his environment, his political history and even the 

 "miracle" of consciousness appear to be a result of this 

 integration process and are among the unfolding prop- 

 erties of the new entity. These new properties appear 

 to be necessitated by the to-be-expected "thermody- 

 namic problems" confronting living matter that is in 

 the process of increasing its organizational level by still 

 another order of magnitude. 



The formation of a societal organism from the hu- 

 man species, is proceeding at a surprisingly fast pace, 

 as compared to the period of time required for the 

 complexification of multicellular creatures. Consider- 

 ing the rate at which this integration appears to be 

 taking place, it is reasonable to expect that a human 



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