The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 25 days agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down15
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1external-linkThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 25 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·25 days agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days 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-up2·24 days agoWell… that’s why I didn’t say everything. :p
minus-squareLyingCake@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days 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.
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoThanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
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.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D