@sarahdoingthing ah. Yes. Groups as bodies. Does it follow then that more complex groups survive better?
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@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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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@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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@sarahdoingthing Something that I replay in my mind is a line from a funeral: "daughter, wife, mother, grandmother."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing It made me realise that we often lose our birth names to the names of the sacred roles we operate within.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sebinsua @sarahdoingthingof course we know each other by our roles. often the two are mixed, like the last name miller bespeaks a role1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sulphuroxide
@sulpuroxide Many of those names died. Most surnames are decorative now. Interests me that these community/family role names are robust.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sulpuroxide Similar thoughts about other names - old place names revealed properties and roles of the spaces: Oxford, Cambridge, etc.
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@sulpuroxide Now we give decorative signally names to new places. I wonder if there is a common thread.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua oh yeah I think so. New social spaces prompt need names too. Like hackers or gangsters0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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