@sarahdoingthing At each step past initial there was an interlocutor deciding which ideas were most important to spread in what he/she wrote
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@sarahdoingthing IOW, for most of human history FACTS were *entirely* social facts; only those deemed worth spreading & passing survived1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing But now sthing strange has occurred; digital technology allows completely fidelitious, pinpoint transmission...1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing ..w/o any human input whatsoever. Unsocial facts can prosper, unperverted, w/ far less fitness costs to their reproduction.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing This makes our social relations fraught. At minimum, it's a redistribution of power...1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Away from those who were most gifted at crafting persuadable stories. So many relied on that power at one point:1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Scribes, to courtesans, to priests. There's an analogy to the invention of the printing press & Reformation, actually2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Well, I pooped myself out. The figure in question is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell_(illustrator) …1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Woman, abolitionist, doctor, paternalist, anti-abortionist.2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
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