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That's a lot funnier than my wall of text, and maybe contains a true bit of observed animal behavior for one species too. Perhaps a nugget of wisdom about when

That's a lot funnier than my wall of text, and maybe contains a true bit of observed animal behavior for one species too. Perhaps a nugget of wisdom about when animal-inspired approaches overwhelm the non-animal, some humanism is lost in the world at large, and that can be far & wide, but can also drill deep and affect the relations between mates. Animals in nature can set an even worse example for humans in this regard. >rural australian b&s parties I've really got to get out more. Sounds like the kind of place where you can come across all kinds of unexpected things.

aebtebeten 2y ago
this is the thread in which I was pointed to BnS resources: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40176315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40176315 > Animals in nature can set an even worse example for humans in this regard. Or worse yet, domesticated animals (of which I claim we also count). Want to run human societies according to pig practice? Get fascism. (TIL the weak piglets only die because we've bred domesticated pigs to have too big a litter [12-14]; wild sows have litters [4-6] they can feed) (Want to run human societies according to sheep practice? Do we get manufactured consent or theocracy or ?) Want to run human societies according to horse/cattle practice? Get feudalism. Want to run human societies according to horse/cattle practice, in the regime where a little food waste is cheaper than a vet call? Get socialism. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40020982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40020982 (the use of the word "freemartin" in Brave New World tipped me off to the fact that in part Huxley used other domesticated species as a model)