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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/2/20 10:20 AM, uǝlƃ ☣ wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I think she does, indirectly. Homeostasis might be easier to maintain with a diversity of strategies preserved in the milieu. Authoritarianism is a monotonic forcing structure. As long as there's a vibrant ecology of revolutionaries throbbing underneath, then authoritarianism is A-OK. But if it squashes the diversity required to find new solutions over time, then it's not.
On 4/2/20 9:09 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I don't think Ms. Gaia cares too much about the authoritarianism problem, though.
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<p>The current rebalkanisation of the EU (borders stood back up to
limit wandering tourists spreading SARS-CoV-2) is allowing for a
diversity of responses and when this is over (dust settled enough
to read the tea leaves) we will find that diversity of response to
be very helpful compared to say... a one-size-fits-all. <br>
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<p>We complain that the current free-for-all among governors of
states is "a travesty" but truly NOT compared to the travesty if
POTUS45 had chosen (been aware enough, able?) to squash it down.
We'd all be getting rousted from our shelter-in-place homes to
attend Easter Services at a church of our^H^H^H *his* choice.</p>
<p>The inner-engineer in all of us may rail at the inefficiency of
these "organic" responses, but in the bottom line, I think they
will be yet more "robust". <br>
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<p>I (re)submit the alternative to Gaia which is the Medea
hypothesis:</p>
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_hypothesis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_hypothesis</a></p>
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<p>perhaps no more (or less) absurd as an allegorical referent</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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