NoDoxGregBrady on Nostr: I think we're actually speaking about the same concept from two different directions. ...
I think we're actually speaking about the same concept from two different directions.
I'm not interesting in conquering the world. But our intraWhite rivalries kept us strong, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
I made a comment like this way back in Heartiste, but the we thrive in conflict and we wither in "easy-mode".
But there's limits within that as well; Caesar once commented that the Gauls, when left alone, would turn their energies towards exceptional gardens, their farms being both productive as well as aesthetic. They were at the same time the most dangerous warriors the Romans had encountered, such that they could not allow themselves to rest until they'd anihilated their People and subjugated their Nations.
We need some direction for our energy. We are very, very good at breaking new ground, building up towns, cities, infrastructure, finding new ingenious ways to remove the danger.... then when it's finally easy, we fall apart.
That Darwinian struggle can itself be useful to us, if we remove the "social" constraints. By that I mean quite literally removing any limit on physical violence. Two men can fight it out. Neighbors getting a bit too sporting? Time to feud.
This is not the "best" way. But the best way we know of leads to our own detriment. We need the struggle. We need to fight. Those Gauls were outstanding gardeners. And they were fighting for survival through a difficult age, at the same time.
I see the pendulum swings as something related to this. It needs to get bad-enough for that "thrill" to wake up. Then the I FINALLY FEEL ALIVE runs rampant, removing all danger and difficulties (easily).
I'm not interesting in conquering the world. But our intraWhite rivalries kept us strong, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
I made a comment like this way back in Heartiste, but the we thrive in conflict and we wither in "easy-mode".
But there's limits within that as well; Caesar once commented that the Gauls, when left alone, would turn their energies towards exceptional gardens, their farms being both productive as well as aesthetic. They were at the same time the most dangerous warriors the Romans had encountered, such that they could not allow themselves to rest until they'd anihilated their People and subjugated their Nations.
We need some direction for our energy. We are very, very good at breaking new ground, building up towns, cities, infrastructure, finding new ingenious ways to remove the danger.... then when it's finally easy, we fall apart.
That Darwinian struggle can itself be useful to us, if we remove the "social" constraints. By that I mean quite literally removing any limit on physical violence. Two men can fight it out. Neighbors getting a bit too sporting? Time to feud.
This is not the "best" way. But the best way we know of leads to our own detriment. We need the struggle. We need to fight. Those Gauls were outstanding gardeners. And they were fighting for survival through a difficult age, at the same time.
I see the pendulum swings as something related to this. It needs to get bad-enough for that "thrill" to wake up. Then the I FINALLY FEEL ALIVE runs rampant, removing all danger and difficulties (easily).