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Interesting to think about the longevity of religion as an organism. Which of those is the longest-living organism, and what makes it last? Is there some aspect
by SilverElfin 1y ago
Interesting to think about the longevity of religion as an organism. Which of those is the longest-living organism, and what makes it last? Is there some aspect of the traits of people that you listed (values/ambitions/knowledge/etc) that you could use to describe countries or civilizations or religions to analyze them more deeply?
- joules77 1y agoPhilosophers have been thinking about this for a long time. Why does the Vatican survive collapse of empires, nations, world wars, plagues, internal schisms, the enlightenment, reformation, revolutions etc etc? And they have identified so many pieces. Ask ChatGPT. Ask it to talk about what Charles Taylor, Wendy Brown, Arnold Toynbee, Lynn Margulis say about longevity. Its not about optimization and efficiency. Because the system has to survive unpredictability. More complex. More unpredictable. Something Engineers/Technologists are trained to avoid. Which is why they are all quite lost when it comes to transforming social/political systems. Priests (doesn't matter which Faith) and Politicians are trained to deal with it. Not sweep it under the carpet and pretend to be clever. The bill shows up sooner or later.