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Chomsky – Harari – Graeber Thread
In what way are our society and culture now evolving? In what direction? Why? Can we trust this direction? Are there – perhaps enormously large – resources hidden behind the way we see the world? In what way might our societal evolution be redirected? What is it that we now take for granted that may quite thoroughly change? Can you imagine a world marked by collaboration and peace?
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Noam Chomsky
Asked what core insight might emerge from contemporary linguistics, Chomsky answered that our language is not an instrument for communication, but for worldview sharing. Communication is in act sacrificed...
Yuval Noah Harari
What has enabled our species to become dominant? Harari pointed to our unique ability to create a story and share it as reality. And he pointed to money as exemplar.
David Graeber
How has money served us as "evolutionary guidance"? Graeber produced a revealing answer.
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