The Wrong Tree: The Myth of Eden in the Age of Superintelligence

In the story of the Garden of Eden, God thought it would be a bad idea for Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. But they could not resist. Was eating the fruit a good idea? Their newfound knowledge sparked amazing technological and cultural inventions. However, it also enhanced their capacity for deception, betrayal, and violence. Humans became like gods, YHWH declared—but all too often they act like the most capricious and destructive deities ever imagined. It i...