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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 Aug 2019
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    In nature you do find the occasional monopoly (DNA/RNA as the monopoly replicator molecule-team) but in general it is much rarer than equilibriums of opposed things (predator/prey for example). In human society I can’t think of a single enduring idea monopoly or tech monopoly.

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 Aug 2019
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        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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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 Aug 2019
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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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      4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 Aug 2019
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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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      2. Emmett Shear‏Verified account @eshear 4 Aug 2019
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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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        Hey @eshear can Yoy Ban Alinity

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      1. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 5 Aug 2019
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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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      1. Chris Gillett‏ @chrisrgillett 4 Aug 2019
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        The only durable monopolies in nature are endosymbiotic

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      1. Pirates sleep soundly‏ @Wit_recycler 4 Aug 2019
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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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      2. Vagabundo‏ @Borderscrossed 4 Aug 2019
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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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