@sarahdoingthing like specialized technocrats? maybe even more like specialized humans with "lawyer" implants or "finance" chip implants..
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@sulpuroxide thinking about egalitarian groups vs. ones with specialized bodies like armies, priesthoods, etc.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@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 -
Replying to @sulphuroxide
@sulpuroxide a good question that I don't fully understand but think about a lot
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@sarahdoingthing different actors from the ritual know who they are and what their place is, so they can divide the labor and stuff.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing ritual as signal pinging across routers to calibrate, are we all on the same page, we see each other clearly?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sulpuroxide small and large-scale versions of this http://abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.jp/2012/10/ten-thousand-melodies-cannot-express.html … - ritual substituting for painful social cognition or worse
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing interesting. Thanks. I was looking for something more general. As in a conductor, may day or office meetings stop signs2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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