I think Durkheim’s theory that simple societies have mechanical solidarity while complex ones have organic solidarity is now broken, especially under the api. You can now have a complex society based on mechanical solidarity. At least for a while.
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Mechanical solidarity = fungible labor, reversible patterns of association, low technological complexity, high self-reliance
Organic solidarity = specialized labor, irreversible patterns of association, high technological complexity, high interdependence
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Weird solidarity = puddles of human mechanical solidarity within matrix of artificially intelligent organic solidarity (ie specialized automation in interdependent stack assemblages)
We are the technological microbiome
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