Bela/Marcus-
This comment reminds me of Lampedusa's Leopard, who was characterized
somewhere in the novel as "The prince did not wish to help with that
noble cause as he was fully aware of his handicap of not being able
to dominate/bully people efficiently." [Quote is from memory.]
Good reference... You transport me to Donnafugatta. those Italians have
a knack in this domain don't they?
Yeah. That can be unpleasant as some are innocent or not
characterized. With the others, travel is pre-authorized!
We are become "homo hiveus"... and "homo hiveus" cannot bear "homo
sapiens" to continue to exist. What are the forms of quorum sensing we
have begun to exhibit?
Using a physical system metaphor (fluid flow), I believe in using
whatever mechanisms are available to encourage laminar flow between
highly disparate layers (wealth, opportunity, values being roughly
pressure, temperature, velocity vectors)..
Why not (solid) materials that can shear, show ductile strength, or
fail? Esp. if you want to model the possibility of `soul crushing'
events.
If it is apt, then yes. And sadly I believe that some of the more
"catastrophic" events in the human experience (revolution, purge,
genocide, ...) might actually be usefully described as shear and crush
within the social matrix. I think "soul crushing" is a a different
level in the implied model, however.
Something needs to be crushed, no? It seems important to know these
limits. While we're at it, why not nucleosynthesis as a metaphor...
If it is apt then yes. But i will uncharacteristically decline to go
there just right now.
I am still stuck in the allegorical world of Rainbow Brite and Murky
Dismal... Perhaps I should move on to read "le Petite Prince" for a
more complex morality play?
Though the use of highly figurative language is often it's own reward,
especially when introducing rhyme, meter and alliteration arbitrarily
into a discussion. Or following one's correspondent's arc of irony and
then extending it in an arbitrary direction for the sheer (shear)
pleasure of doing so. This may be a diagnoseable condition... I'll ask
my Dr.
- Steve
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