Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray
by ninetyninenine on Monday January 27, 2025 @10:17PM
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Of course it’s not simple. But alphas and betas are intrinsic to society and that’s my point.
You will see that society converges towards alphas. There have been attempts to make everything egalitarian but it doesn’t last and alphas pop up everywhere. Heck you can’t even make a purely voting society where society votes on everything. Instead everyone votes for an alpha. Aka trump.
Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray
by myvoiceismypass on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:20AM
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Citations, please. This may be a US-centric site, but that does not mean all societies on this planet behave like Americans.
Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray
by ninetyninenine on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:21PM
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Capital by Thomas Picketty. He’s French.
I don’t like your tone. When you say not everyone behaves like Americans you sound like you’re implying superiority as if Americans don’t behave well and I have to conform to your version of good behavior. Change your tone or I won’t continue with you.
I don't have an overall point here other than that power isn't as simple as some people want it to be. You command a ship until there's a mutiny. There are hierarchies, but that's only one way of slicing things. It's more about a set of several feedback loops that nobody explicitly understands.