Post-individualism

The antithesis is that collectivist coordination is its own reward; that we “formation fly” because we simply like mutuality and interdependence more than isolation and independence, and any collectivizable rewards for doing so are simply gravy.

Venkatesh Rao • Narrative Slipstream Effects

sari

one way to manifest positive externalities is to consider the success of others as your own.

Sam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods

Keely Adler

They're blind to a simple truth: complex minds can't develop on their own. If they could, feral children would be like any other. And minds don't grow the way weeds do, flourishing under indifferent attention; otherwise all children in orphanages would thrive. For a mind to even approach its full potential, it needs cultivation by other minds.

Ted

alex