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"We also like to use the idealized cat-dog polarity to illuminate our understanding of deep conflicts: they are going at it like cats and dogs."https://t.co/s0I7EbNqXJ
"Cats, for instance, revert to a basic, hardy, stocky, short-haired robustly-interbred tabby variety. Dogs become mutts. But in humans it can happen faster, since most of our domestication is through education and socialization rather than breeding."https://t.co/0qS7KiM6GS
"by definition, civilization is the process of taking intelligence out of human minds and putting it into institutions. And by “institution” I mean something completely general: any codified organizational form based on writing will do."https://t.co/Au4u3sVxNs
"Having others in mind is the essential nature of peopling, but it is often quite painful, manifesting in self-conscious rumination.People are able to accomplish this feat of mutual simulation by use of two tools: language and ritual."https://t.co/ct13DuEsTh
"you could also have institutions that made well-behaved dogs out of cats, by locking people up in depressing classrooms during their peak exploratory phase. ;)"https://t.co/1HT4JSkpPE
"The promise of the internet as a next-level social scaling and problem-solving technology rests almost entirely on the possibility of effective virtual packs, because packs are the problem-solving social units of our species."https://t.co/tvR3OfLGtH
Squrounded by frenimes.Round Peg, Square Hole. Dicks fucking Assholes.Pegging holes. Pointing out voids.Dogs meowing at fireworks. Cats barking at mailpersons.Fighting dogs & cats.Reigning cats & dogs.Vying for pole position.Violent pornographies we call mimetic rivalry.
Metaphorhttps://t.co/9YnMYwG2Sl
Those whom shall not be gendered.The Prince(ss) who would prefer to not have a name and gender identity.The nothing as a metaphor about the chaos and decline of society if you don't institute and perpetuate your religious and ritualized naming norms. https://t.co/M23CMp2jVR
Loss for words. Tip of metaphor's tongue.https://t.co/ZoDyn2kI9D
Rats of nimh. Trying to create a model (of) society.https://t.co/AiuVdHBKwG
Rethinking the world thru lens of metaphor.What is a cat that a dog could be?https://t.co/oxfODbGu0g
"This can be a difficult idea to grasp, so as Matt Damon said recently about poop-grown potatoes on Mars, we’re going to have to discourse the shit out of this thing."https://t.co/UzPOxki63g
"So let’s dig deeper. I’ll frame my discussion in terms of engineering, but this applies, mutatis mutandis to other synthesis fields which mix utilitarian intents with aesthetic ones."https://t.co/Fb014m5vPM
I am currently the second result on google for the term "Meaning making architecture". Only to be outdone by "Neuroscience and Media: New Understandings and Representations" by @FilmGrabowski(?)https://t.co/hQpM4c7Jl3
For people you know well, you develop mental models of them to judge how they'd perceive your actions. Running a prosthesis of another's meaning making architecture within your own mind. Some might call this emotional labor. I call it making friends.https://t.co/wg79Lwq5pG
I shouldn't have to publish this on twitterdotcomhttps://t.co/QJQSvQoRYi
"When natural boundaries between human groups are lacking, there has been intense pressure in human history to create effective boundaries of other kinds; military arms races across poorly-defined boundaries may be seen as building a new kind of boundary."https://t.co/5Rwsj8MfMP
"Being stuck in any particular system is no fun. It limits our ability to think and act skillfully, and to communicate with others who are not stuck in our system."https://t.co/itzN0ji1p1
Recapitulation.“Note how they talk about animals, and are moved by them. They make a list of affects. These affects circulate and are transformed within the assemblage.” — Deleuze & Guattarihttps://t.co/ybY29HH4an
Talk and squeak and squawk with the animals.https://t.co/0SMc9MsZA5
Society as a prison.https://t.co/MbAscI9YMJ
@ultimape they make us wear pants https://t.co/F301dPgU7Z
I could tap at my magic rectangle and have food magically delivered to my doorstep - then I wouldn’t have to put on pants! But I feel like I need some sunlight. To obtain sunlight around these parts, one must first put on pants. Society is a prison I tell you
@visakanv Fun fact; you can go from Turchin's theories of pant wearing [https://t.co/DZQCMZPw2J] into speculating that Native Americans had access to horses well before Europeans came, and conclude that bit of history is a myth. https://t.co/sHqxOtkRRD
@visakanv I hate all forms of clothing and resent traditions that coerce me into wearing formal attire. Slowly building up a repository of arguments that suggest all clothing worn for fashion reasons serve to perpetuate {insert negative social institution of choice}.
@visakanv My favorite is arguing that pants are a way {insert conspirator group who control society} to neuter us and make us infertile and more docile. Can make a pretty strong argument about it regardless of {demonized group} being true or not. Lots of fun stuff:https://t.co/1jOUYHbu2L
@visakanv https://t.co/mFJgLhb3uY