It’s always at least a duopoly (not necessarily in balance). Socialism vs. capitalism. Eastern vs western religions. Wheels vs skis. Fossil vs renewables. Phonetic/logographic. If you think an idea you favor should be an enduring monopoly like DNA, I’m going to be very skeptical
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“The opposite of every great truth is also a great truth” implies no matter how fervently you believe in X, you should not seek total extermination of not-X, no matter how repugnant it seems to you. Conflict and contain, fight the good fight, but do not try to exterminate.
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Because as the saying goes, if you’re willing to do it for “good” reasons, you won’t let “bad” reasons stop you later. Exterminator instincts are deeply, almost inevitably and inexorably, corrupting.
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The only durable monopolies in nature are endosymbiotic
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By definition, wouldn’t something where there was an idea monopoly be explicitly something where you can’t even consider it any other way? Idea monopolies are invisible background. The biggest intellectual wins are breaking a monopoly.
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By definition, why do twitch favor girl streamers more than guy streamers? :>
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Perhaps then the enduring idea is notions of progress & regression live on spectrums that will modulate over time. I think they're like internal EQ settings that take my input & play it in my head how I prefer to hear it vs its harmony w my environment; always tweaking the faders
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Catholic Church sure did a number on Europe for an awfully long spell.
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I think that Christianity and Islam were mutual counterpoints for a long time - whirling around each others axes
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Water is a pretty compelling monopoly too. In human world - the chemistry of photography - before digital came along.
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