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Metaperson: The enchanted worlds of Marshall Sahlins
- StopTheWorld 3y agoDidn't expect to learn about Sahlins posthumous book via HN's front page. Stone-Age Economics and The Original Affluent Society (the title a pun on a book well-known by 1960s intelligentsia, Galbraith's "The Affluent Society") were interesting reads.
- zubairq 3y agoYes I was surprised to see this on HN too
- christudor 3y agoSahlins’ ‘Apologies to Thucydides’ is one of THE best non-fiction books I’ve ever read.
- ganzuul 3y agoThe definition of transcendence in operation here seems to be informed by death, where a being leaves something behind and becomes something else. There is another definition of transcendence which is not informed by death but by eternity, where a being expands their sense of self while preserving what was pre-existent.
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