Principles of biological scalability, especially the principle of the minimum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum … along with principles of social scalability https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2008/07/hampton-sides-sheds-light-on-mancur.html … https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2017/02/money-blockchains-and-social-scalability.html … explain some of the most important patterns of history. /1
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Replying to @NickSzabo4
I feel like phosphorous is a theme that comes up frequently in your writings. Its noticeable because nowhere else do I encounter people talking about phosphorous
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It's one of the three (N,P,K) elements relatively more needed but less available to life, and typically one of Liebig's minimum plant nutrients has one of these three (albeit of course water can be the minimum in a desert). This thread is more about nitrogen (in protein).
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Here's me on N & P: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2010/10/elements-evolution-and-nitrogen-crisis.html … Here's a recent thread that was more about phosphorous: https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/1011735897291649024 … See also: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2009/10/our-greatgrandmother-was-proton-powered.html … Currently researching potash (K-rich) imports to Britain from Russia & the Americas. Meanwhile let's crush some bones! .pic.twitter.com/fw4Un6dfcF
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