Bedtime thought to sleep on: what if dark ages are really civilization-stack refactoring periods rather than collapses as such?
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Love this. Was thinking same tonight. Worry the former too convenient. The latter def lights the proverbial fire. Execute from the middle.
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Then what's the metaphorical equivalent of humanity's never-ending wars, happily spanning both refactoring and production-release states?
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History is written by winners.
Dark ages := No winners.
"Percolating" conflict flat out through the network.
Winners create stability.
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Fall of Roman Empire an example of complexity breaking for centralized system and pushing intelligence to the edges (cities)
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James C Scott's latest book (Against the grain) is a long discussion how dark ages and barbarians are intertwined with high civilizations
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Doesn't Refactoring imply some sort of Agency? Seems more like Refactoring is just more likely/necessary as reaction to Collapse.









