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> The evolution of life shows us the grand benefit of higher and higher levels of organization. Scaling rules. It forces the previously multi-use smaller pieces
by Amezarak 9y ago
> The evolution of life shows us the grand benefit of higher and higher levels of organization. Scaling rules. It forces the previously multi-use smaller pieces to over specialize, but the gain are unimaginable as the voyager space probe is to a amoeba.
It also shows us that complex systems are especially prone to catastrophic systems collapse. Scaling is not a better strategy, it's just a different strategy.
- golemotron 9y agoI agree. That's why I think that universalism is short-sighted. Having many societies with very different cultures might lead to conflict but the alternative is one global society with no alternatives if it becomes dystopian or fails.