The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoWell… that’s why I didn’t say everything. :p
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-squareLyingCake@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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.
Technically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
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
Countries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
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.