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Happens in nature too. Figuring out why these patterns of symbiosis mutualism commensalism and parasitism manifest: *not just* capitalism. https://t.co/c8KAt3HwSx
I'm not defending any of it; suggesting we may need a holistic ecosystem lens to illuminate systems causing this.https://t.co/rGHeCKIiKt
I don't know the answer. I'm not even sure there's one. It all seems like predator - prey dynamics. Life isn't kind.https://t.co/UiHAbttosV
Personally, I've been pulling from economics systems we see at the cellular level. Slimemoulds, Cyanobacteras, etc: https://t.co/t3YVbK1TD9
I'm aiming in this direction also. Sadly, many seem to assume that nature has it figured out. That it's pure; good.https://t.co/eOwyETSa7h
Moral Ape, my ass!More like, storytelling ape.We all "tell stories". We do it so much, we even lie to ourselves. https://t.co/Pxktzl9wBh
Auto-poetic poop tunnels.Stories dribble out of our mouth like half-digested Tamarind.https://t.co/q6kxcQqTfa
Apes, drawing maps and symbols for other Apes to follow."The Map is not the Territory."The Story is not the Truth.https://t.co/tuyiKMEHQJ
"[...] And the engravings could have been one-offs, doodles with no symbolic meaning"https://t.co/QNeY0NnAtk
But maybe that's ok.https://t.co/UCT97zRZNA https://t.co/kCxdoPZyHS
"How many levels of meta-narrative-contrarianism are you on?""I dunno, 5 or 6?"https://t.co/eQQWWbKfoM
Maybe that's ok.Stories we tell (even if they're just useful fictions), are all we have.Cherish them. Share them.https://t.co/WSLlK9iGA8
My stories are weird:"Do you know the story of the millet bird and the ant?"https://t.co/lzPPidVOg4 https://t.co/0XCxkhTMO5
"The Truth? You fools! [...]There are only Perspectives.There are only Narratives."https://t.co/5HG8l87wB5
A conversation? Just Apes comparing maps.https://t.co/SzJWXmhoOm https://t.co/mnUbdPQIut
René Descartes "seeker after truth" quote; maybe was just channeling idea circulating around his social network:https://t.co/1l998bDmpu https://t.co/cKPdEv9oV6
Sometimes the map becomes the territory:https://t.co/olYQ1JmDww