Hi All
> I suggest that we discuss "the Giant." Cities as living entities, larger than
> ourselves. Not against or for us. Does the Giant have a Devouring nature? How
> do we relate metaphorically to the "City" as the "red blood cell" does to the
> body or carbon based life forms does to the inorganic level? Do you feel the
> pulse?
> Todd - Gem7th)
On 1 May 2000, at 21:44, Jonathan B. Marder wrote:
> 1. Is the Giant conscious of its own behaviour in the same way that the
> individual person is conscious of his/her own behaviour?
>
> 2. Can we as individuals be aware of the Giant's consciousness?
>
> I suspect that the answer to the second question must be NO. Otherwise,
> we would know and understand the Giant's decisions to take the Stock
> Market up or down, with absurd results.
> If everyone else agrees that we cannot know the Giant's consciousness,
> then perhaps the first question ceases to have any importance. What do
> you all think?
>
I think that before we can answer either of the above questions properly we need to ask (or
remind) ourselves of what it is we are talking about. A Giant in MoQ terms is (simply put)
some pattern of values created by Social value of which a City is but one instance.
A Giant can be a University or a Corporation or a Government or whatever Social pattern
utilises biological patterns for its own ends. Are Giants limited to _Human_ Social patterns
or do other instances exist ( beehives, termite mounds etc)?
Horse
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