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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

I want to search all 2,278 people I'm following to see if they've ever mentioned "commodity fetishism". Seems like an overlooked idea.

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4/28/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Who's problem?State? Regulations are lagging indicatorFreemarket? Commodity fetishism hides it.Journalists? https://t.co/y2IhIGCXtX https://t.co/BXNkUalsoG

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8/14/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

But how do we get the swarm to move without overreacting?Perhaps: We're all monsters responding to incentives?https://t.co/GfbeRyibEF https://t.co/OoI6oFHvO8

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8/14/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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shit"agitating four or five individuals at a time can cause the system to destabilize and huge fights to break out”https://t.co/iuv0BWNtgM

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8/17/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

MFW: realizing Aristotle's "kyklos" was really about chaos among human societies. Proto complex systems theory. And it still applies today. https://t.co/2wQuV4wP3X

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8/17/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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Chewing on sand."...frequent unpredictability in the social graphs we rely on to be human is profoundly disturbing"https://t.co/jVWpCk5LfM

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8/17/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Shithttps://t.co/cNNTTEvZ4m

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11/18/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Shithttps://t.co/BkvLwcyFmz

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

TL;DR: I think I'm basically proving out Peter Turchin's theories of elite overproduction as side-effect of a theory about swarm dynamics. https://t.co/HIigvUJBqJ

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11/18/2017