The Picard Maneuver to People [email protected] • 1 month agoThat's a very good question!imagemessage-square111arrow-up11.2Karrow-down15
arrow-up11.19Karrow-down1imageThat's a very good question!The Picard Maneuver to People [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square111
minus-square@rockettaco37linkEnglish22•1 month agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-square@Randelunglink6•1 month agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoI strongly recommend Sapiens: a short story of humanity by Yuval Harari if you’d like to think about this a bit more, particulary his concept of ‘myths’. I’d guess that you’d find a summary of that chapter online without buying the whole book.
minus-square@rockettaco37linkEnglish1•1 month agoThanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month agoSort of. Theres maybe something to things that naturally exist, whether we name them or not. We didnt create beavers in the same way we did money.
Technically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
Countries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
I strongly recommend Sapiens: a short story of humanity by Yuval Harari if you’d like to think about this a bit more, particulary his concept of ‘myths’.
I’d guess that you’d find a summary of that chapter online without buying the whole book.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
Sort of. Theres maybe something to things that naturally exist, whether we name them or not. We didnt create beavers in the same way we did money.
Well… that’s why I didn’t say everything. :p