The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agoThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11.12K
arrow-up11.12KimageThat's a very good question!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoTechnically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoCountries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes…
minus-squareLyingCake@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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.
minus-squarerockettaco37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D
Technically aren’t a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?
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.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D