The Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 4 months agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up11.19K
arrow-up11.19KimageThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 4 months agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-square@rockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•4 months agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-square@Randelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•4 months agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-square@LyingCake@feddit.orglinkfedilink3•4 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@rockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
minus-square@Rekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•4 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@rockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoWell… that’s why I didn’t say everything. :p
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