1/ When a system in homeostatic or autopoeitic equilibrium gets destabilized, its effective dimensionality increases.
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2/ This is the main source of uncertainty. Unknown unknowns of the quiescent variety. "Ancient evil awakens" tropes are a motif of this
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3/ Stability for its own sake is a pastoral fetish. Quasi-stability as controlled awakening of ancient evils is technology.
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@wargfranklin well given sufficient time and even the smallest of genetic mixing, all of future humanity *is* your family
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@wargfranklin I am not sure it has. Nation-states yes. Civilization no. Only a fringe minority, mostly powerless.
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@wargfranklin Unlike nation-states, "civilization" has no anti-egregore so to speak, an other to make the definition crisp/sharp
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@wargfranklin It's kinda an obvious one once you see a globe/picture of Mars. Doesn't need to come from somewhere.
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