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The plant’s, the planet’s, brain.
The Overstory
Richard Powers
So for Taylor the transition to the Axial age represents a sort of philosophical phase shift brought upon by writing and its ability to “disembed” systems of thought and render them available for reflection.
The Great Disembedding
Roger’s Bacon
As debt appeared, money flourished. But for money to have value, an institution, the state, had to make it trustworthy. When we talk about the economy, this is what we are talking about: the complex relations that emerge in a society with a surplus.
Talking to My Daughter
Yanis Varoufakis
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