The Picard Maneuver to People [email protected] • 3 months agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up11.2K
arrow-up11.2KimageThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to People [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•3 months agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoWell… that’s why I didn’t say everything. :p
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 months agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
Technically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
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
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
Countries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…