2/ Actual version: "Those who decide to get along, move along, those who don't get left behind." Utopian dreams are exits, not the highway.
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3/ It may take a great deal of pain and violence, but those who *don't* want to get along tend to succumb to fragility of thinking alone
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@vgr better the fragility of thinking alone than passive stupidity. And while individualism is personally fragile, it is socially adaptive. -
@brenpdx individualism doesn't imply disengagement. "Getting along" is more individualist than collective in larger-than-tribal societies - 2 more replies
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@vgr given this will a stable equilibrium eg US democrat vs republican balance be reached -
@nilanp getting along = for positive disequilibrium, not equilibrium. Not getting along = fragile equilibria/balance of power. - 1 more reply
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@vgr do you believe in ultimate causal motivators to human behaviour eg maximising personal gain OR tribal belonging etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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