quotes from this review of "the collapse of complex societies" https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-collapse-of?r=morh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy …pic.twitter.com/9wnTXT7wX3
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personal note here. seems similar to how elephants cannot reduce in size to survive famine. which is similar to the innovator's dilemma a high minimum metabolism limits available paths all "innovation" seem ooda-agile-blitzkreigy w movement not limited by a supply line
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a state similarly grows appendages like the elephants trunk and legs that it cannot just cut off in order to achieve a sustainable low metabolism state. it drains resources (fat) from the entire system until it collapses as a whole
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identity is also like a state. it grows in complexity until upkeep surpasses the marginal gains it can't downsize into a smaller identity. it collapses in a psychotic break or satorihttps://youtu.be/ACP8nqJJcsE?t=8
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in a satori moment, just like the lucky cyclist, the identity miraculously survives without any pain but still experiences a "wtf am *i* doing" the re-evaluation of the identity can be done from the intact identity that should've died rather than through the post mortem
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