Nature
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This is the interplay between
nature
and nurture in real time in front of our eyes.
For too long, I believe, we've allowed ourselves to be persuaded of the false notion that human
nature
cannot change, and as a society, it's costing us dearly.
RNG: So, do you think it's human
nature
that's changed?
But we also have instincts that can steer us away, like self-control, empathy, a sense of fairness, what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our
nature.
RNG: So if human
nature
didn't change, what invigorated those better angels?
And even our best attempts to work up sympathy for those who are unconnected with us fall miserably short, a sad truth about human
nature
that was pointed out by Adam Smith.
John Locke: Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by common to everyone of that society and made by the legislative power erected in it, a liberty to follow my own will in all things where that rule prescribes not, not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another man, as freedom of
nature
is to be under no other restraint but the law of
nature.
If either of them be unwilling, the act is an offense, totally different in its
nature
of effects.
It's a design inspired by nature, but it's not a copy of any specific foot you just looked at, but it's a synthesis of the secrets of many, many feet.
But we know that art imitates life, and it turns out nature, three million years ago, evolved the next animal.
A little better than
nature.
The gecko's a really great example of nanotechnology in
nature.
And here's the simplest version in nature, and here's my collaborator Ron Fearing's attempt at an artificial version of this dry adhesive made from polyurethane.
The question is, can we use these secrets, then, to inspire the design of a better foot, better than one that we see in
nature?
He's built, in fact, a climbing foot-bot inspired by
nature.
To finish: we've gotten design secrets from
nature
by looking at how feet are built.
That
nature
uses hybrid solutions, not a single solution, to these problems, and they're integrated and beautifully robust.
So there's a clear message: whether you care about a fundamental, basic research of really interesting, bizarre, wonderful animals, or you want to build a search-and-rescue robot that can help you in an earthquake, or to save someone in a fire, or you care about medicine, we must preserve
nature'
s designs.
But the concern is that the
nature
of that access was not necessarily legitimate in the first place.
Now, some of you are probably just desperately clawing for some solace in the idea that these things are oddities of the natural world, that they are outliers, and that point of view is understandable, because by their nature, parasites are quite small and they spend a lot of their time inside the bodies of other things.
But given the widespread
nature
of such manipulations, it would be completely implausible for humans to be the only species that weren't similarly affected.
Looking deeply inside nature, through the magnifying glass of science, designers extract principles, processes and materials that are forming the very basis of design methodology.
From synthetic constructs that resemble biological materials, to computational methods that emulate neural processes,
nature
is driving design.
Design is also driving
nature.
In realms of genetics, regenerative medicine and synthetic biology, designers are growing novel technologies, not foreseen or anticipated by
nature.
We can view not only the vast sweep of nature, but the restless movement of humanity.
And we can see how
nature'
s ingenious devices work, and perhaps we can even imitate them.
When a dragonfly flutters by, you may not realize, but it's the greatest flier in
nature.
The eulogy virtues are the ones that get mentioned in the eulogy, which are deeper: who are you, in your depth, what is the
nature
of your relationships, are you bold, loving, dependable, consistency?
Adam I is the worldly, ambitious, external side of our
nature.
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