It seems to me that civilizations have an emergent intellect that operates and updates on a larger timescale than individual generations, and is usually not comprehended and rarely apprehended by even the most educated members of its polis.
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Replying to @Plinz
If it is so much smarter than you, how do you know it's not emergent stupidity?
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Replying to @blubberquark
By realizing that whenever I have an important insight (that is usually not shared by the guys at the top of the academic or sociopolitical food chains), I realize that I am late to the party, and the insight has already been around for ages and shapes things.
1:56 AM - 5 Sep 2018
from Barcelona, Spain
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