@sarahdoingthing so eventually android (and mobile) will fragment and specialize or be eliminated by specialty devices...
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Replying to @sulphuroxide
@sulpuroxide I was thinking more about human groups but yeah perhaps
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing like specialized technocrats? maybe even more like specialized humans with "lawyer" implants or "finance" chip implants..1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @sulphuroxide
@sulpuroxide thinking about egalitarian groups vs. ones with specialized bodies like armies, priesthoods, etc.
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@sarahdoingthing ah. Yes. Groups as bodies. Does it follow then that more complex groups survive better?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sulphuroxide
@sulpuroxide I think so - of course you can always over-specialize, but having different parts do different things seems necessary
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@sarahdoingthing if its doing that is the operant axis then complexity must be at the level of tech agency not just symbols?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sulpuroxide what would "just symbols" even look like?
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@sarahdoingthing maybe like ritual/title roles? Trying to think of something that is immanent to human activity. Maybe nothing is like that2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sulpuroxide
@sarahdoingthing Something that I replay in my mind is a line from a funeral: "daughter, wife, mother, grandmother."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@sulpuroxide @sarahdoingthing I've not watched the video so I might be out of place here.
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