in a super organism built of moving parts and division of labour, it is the priests' job
to play meta. see what is good for the super entity and translate that into 'good' for the masses (usually , by running a monopoly on joy and happiness for the masses).

the priests were the brain. they pay rest of the body in dopamine. or access to god.

of course , typically entities aim to keep themselves alive first. hence the brain is okay with sacrificing limbs in order to stay alive. just as the capitalist is okay with sacrificing towns and communities by shutting down a plant in order to save a number on his P&L statement.

groups of agents tend to morph into a super-entity, in which each agent has some loss of freedom and identity.

we are humans every now and then. and borg agents every now and then.


the output of science is axioms to engineering.
we are doomed we cut funding to science and if our axioms stop working tomorrow.