The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down15
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1imageThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-squareLyingCake@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days 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