The Tower of Babel is a story of the perils of Centralization and the Limits of Scale.
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"Too Effective," is another way of saying, "Over-Optimized." The gods are much wiser than we are.
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the argument against over-optimization is that it can induce fragility. the myth isn't about a fragile tower though. it's about a tower so sturdy it reached Heaven. it didn't collapse due to fragility. it was struck down by corrupt authority reacting against a challenger.
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What brings you to the conclusion that it was a "Corrupt Authority"? The Biblical narrative is that G-d is Sovereign.
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also, why do you type G_D? are you an orthodox Jew?
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I was using it to be consistent w/ the idea that G-d is Sovereign. I.e. OT Jews would not write the name.
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