The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWell… that’s why I didn’t say everything. :p
minus-squareLyingCake@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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.
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…
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.