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=Reviews=
*Chat says - [https://chatgpt.com/share/6a00c41d-e698-83e8-a33c-a262c2c3edcd]
*You can’t come to a fork in the road to make a decision, unless you have taken the journey to get there, and reading the Dawn of Everything is that journey. - Amazon reviews [https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Everything-New-History-Humanity/dp/B08TYBMHGV/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=187942797082&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.flraky6Jz29WCxZLI0DTKS_zysWkJRRs2r9HuqivofRZCS3GPlL812kBNSxwBSC5H0QIerd1AoeGVbh1lOGG16ahIxJhC-Q4uadx0SnuyWIWXreoLXfyptmEHEcFfYcF7T_7UFOOll5L87UF623fl0SmKlQ5_hocLiYqJUk95CvdLUv4oOSMPewhmU3Xxwq62jx7tHk6u8CSIlcor4mbsA.vpD5xzCm1IfzvNH9qMuyYzpFJQ_b4Q6ufyzXSkvwqB0&dib_tag=se&hvadid=779621421069&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9252711&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=415973781381670800--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=415973781381670800&hvtargid=kwd-435023458274&hydadcr=22411_13484376_1335500&keywords=the+dawn+of+everything&mcid=b4e3b49d1928357a9ac73c3d069ece1a&qid=1778427777&sr=8-1]
=One Lesson: Maintaining the System=
See [[Civilization Maintenance]] -
=Gossip Trap=
Fascinating big picture history regarding the rise of civilization beyond Dunbar's Number, and it's proposed current reversion via social media taking us back to clans.
https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/the-gossip-trap
https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/the-gossip-trap
*Eleanor Roosevelt -Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
*Eleanor Roosevelt -Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
*So then what is civilization? It is a superstructure that levels leveling mechanisms, freeing us from the gossip trap.
*As William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
*MJ comment -The solution for this morasse is the art of possibility. Yes, we have a past. Yes, we have a choice of where to go in the future. Worries about the future are what keeps us stuck in a bucket of crabs. But people love being down in the bucket. They would also love to climb out. Ultimately It's our choice.
=Via Helen Dale=
*'''Femininization has consequences- [https://helendale.substack.com/p/feminisation-has-consequences-iii]
*'''In the absence of reality-testing, bullshit wins '''  ''Davos and the World Economic Forum are, of course, the pinnacle of moral-signalling bullshit'' -[https://helendale.substack.com/p/in-the-absence-of-reality-testing]
*Far right backlash via Helen Dale - by a right guy who is scared how far right it will swing [https://youtu.be/UuuDjqNyxyw]
*Gossip at scale [https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/on-feminism]

Latest revision as of 17:47, 10 May 2026

Reviews

  • Chat says - [1]
  • You can’t come to a fork in the road to make a decision, unless you have taken the journey to get there, and reading the Dawn of Everything is that journey. - Amazon reviews [2]

One Lesson: Maintaining the System

See Civilization Maintenance -

Gossip Trap

Fascinating big picture history regarding the rise of civilization beyond Dunbar's Number, and it's proposed current reversion via social media taking us back to clans. https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/the-gossip-trap

  • Eleanor Roosevelt -Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
  • So then what is civilization? It is a superstructure that levels leveling mechanisms, freeing us from the gossip trap.
  • As William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
  • MJ comment -The solution for this morasse is the art of possibility. Yes, we have a past. Yes, we have a choice of where to go in the future. Worries about the future are what keeps us stuck in a bucket of crabs. But people love being down in the bucket. They would also love to climb out. Ultimately It's our choice.

Via Helen Dale

  • Femininization has consequences- [3]
  • In the absence of reality-testing, bullshit wins Davos and the World Economic Forum are, of course, the pinnacle of moral-signalling bullshit -[4]
  • Far right backlash via Helen Dale - by a right guy who is scared how far right it will swing [5]
  • Gossip at scale [6]