"Well that's what makes it so exhausting to be human in a highly capitalist society, your whole value is based on how well you can adapt to situation and you constantly adapting to them to meet your basic needs. It's basically like being a wild creature out there in the world. We just don't realize how stressful it is."

-Stacey Higginbotham

the context of the quote comes from a discussion about an advanced AI being defeated in the game of Go. The players had finally defeated the Ai with a tactic of grouping. The computer couldn't understand or recognize the pattern of grouping. To most players the this seems very obvious however the Ai will learn and adapt and so will humans.

What I found striking about the quote was that here we are 2023 thinking that the role of hunter/gatherer is behind us and yet Stacey points out that we're still performing the age old role of hunter/gatherer, and accurately defines value in our society.

You can here the full conversation on :This week in google, episode 707.