 On the Origins of the Taking Syndrome
by A. Robert Malcom
The psychology of the two kinds of worldview, the trading and the taking, were and are quite different from each other. The taking syndrome was tribalistic; its members were raised to consider themselves as parts of groups, a valued quality when it comes to matters of organized theft. (Read more...)
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November 9, 2005 |
On the Origins of the Trading Syndrome
by A. Robert Malcom
Among the ancient settlements uncovered by archaeological research, raiding was not the dominant means of interaction; plenty of evidence suggests that instead, bartering took place. Bartering is a form of trading, an exchange of "value for value," and, because of the likelihood of repeated encounters, was done without coercion. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 22, 2005 |
Two Worldviews - The Trader and Taking Syndromes
by A. Robert Malcom
Jane Jacobs, in Systems of Survival, points out that there are only two methods of survival. In addition, she points out that humans are unique in possessing both -- all other animals have only one. These two methods of survival are, as Jacobs notes, fundamentally different outlooks on life. As such, they have profoundly different consequences. Originating in very different contexts, these outlooks each evolved into a set of syndromes that encompass a whole range of notions congruent with each particular view of the world. (Read more...)
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The Issue of Evolution - Part Four
by A. Robert Malcom
Evolution, as said, is progression. How, then, did the shift to being aquatic apes induce progression to eventually become Homo sapiens? What were the consequences to the aquatic apes of "showing off"? (Read more...)
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The Issue of Evolution - Part 3
by A. Robert Malcom
In regards to galactic evolution, one can take lab performances and extrapolate principlewise to similar views seen on the galactic scale [see Lerner, pg. 47]. But what is to be served in the same manner to the evolution of humans? (Read more...)
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The Issue of Evolution - Part 2
by A. Robert Malcom
The first thing which needs be remembered is that Reason is the absolute, the fundamental means of knowing reality - not believing, but knowing, a crucial distinction. (Read more...)
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The Issue of Evolution
by A. Robert Malcom
Perhaps no word has had so much controversy and mis-understanding as the word 'evolution' - largely because it was not being explained in terms of context, and oft considered through only one of its applications: biology. To begin with, evolution is nothing other than the recognition that the universe is, by its nature, dynamic - and that aspects of the universe which involve measurable duration reflect changes as a consequence. (Read more...)
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