I have a lot more to learn.
I know that.
I think there’s some real value in these perspectives.
My ideas have as many holes as the views that I was critiquing. Not an Alpha thing for me to say, necessarily, but hey, it’s true.
I think that the approach that @AlexanderGraves describes is one way that works. There’s a stability and solidity to it. Play your position. Carry your weight. There’s an honor in it. I believe it’s not all about swinging your d**k around as a man. I think that it’s also about showing up for certain responsibilities. The power @AlexanderGraves is talking about is earned. I can respect that when it’s carried out honorably, as I expect he would do.
There’s a lot that I don’t know.
But here’s one thing I do know:
Healthy systems are a mixture of anabolism and catabolism, of order and entropy.
Every complex system inherently integrates the processes of repair and destruction. This dynamic tension is one of the hallmarks of physical existence.
That sounds abstract, but one way that it plays out is that no matter what approach or system that we establish, it will always contain within itself the seeds and tendencies of breakdown. External critics can always conveniently label these as ‘flaws’.
But it’s just life. You build the sand castles and the waves wash them away. It’s not a flaw. Some sand castles last longer, some shorter.
I believe that if there is a law of nature, it is something like this:
Whatsoever is able to find a way to survive, will be allowed to survive. (For as long as that way is able to keep working.)
‘Now get out there and make some interesting shapes!’
Behaviorism works as an explanatory framework. To an extent. It has its limitations. It’s probably better, for example, at looking backwards, than looking forwards. It’s not going to anticipate or predict innovation particularly well. But it will analyze the hell out of existing habits, structures, and patterns.
Post facto reasoning tends, interestingly enough, to find evidence to support itself.
Once the game is over, it’s much easier to show how the victors were always going to take home the win.
While the game is still in progress, though? It’s not always so obvious.
Bruh, that’s all I’ve got.