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Biological evolution is remarkably slow—it can take millions of years for significant changes like the development of complex eyes or new body structures to occur. This slowness is a fundamental limitation; waiting for beneficial mutations is akin to upgrading a smartphone through random chance, which is painfully inefficient. Life 1.0 is fragile, oblivious, and constrained by the slow ticking clock of genetic change.
Life 2.0: Cultural Life
Around 300,000 years ago, humans introduced a revolutionary change. Homo sapiens became the first species capable of reprogramming its own "software" without waiting for genetic mutations: Life 2.0. While our biological hardware remained fixed, our software—our minds, cultures, and accumulated knowledge—became malleable.