1/ Within political science, sociology, or anthropology, tribalism alludes to something technical that isn't defined w.r.t. Native Americans. It is a sociocomplexity classification, roughly discretized by Bands, Tribes, Chiefdoms, and States. https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/985657017569370112 …
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I guess this does motivate me to find a term more couched upon statistical physics though (which is the real foundation of my model). If we're having this discussion, it kinda means the term doesn't work well even between subject-matter experts.
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Well homophily tries to somewhat capture it. But also, you have Schellings work in group formation absent individual agency.
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Yeah but is that a negative thing? How would academic disciplines work without that dynamic for example?
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Ah hah -- good point and demonstration! My whole dissertation is basically saying it's an extraordinarily good information architecture. But, it's a bad fit when chronically-activated in States which require different architectures. And, I just used it both ways!
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