Posts cover: opposition to theft as protest with recommendation to form activist groups and lobby; a philosophical note on beliefs as emergent/systemic (Bateson); and a personal anecdote about allegedly stealing—mentions an alarm, another person being hassled, race, and being broke.
Created 1 days ago • 37 documents • Range: 5/3 12:39am – 5/3 6:16amlet's joke around guys, I do feel kinda bad about allegedly stealing the stuff because it set off the alarm and there was a guy walking through it at the same time as me and the door was open so i just kept walking but the other guy was black and probably got hassled, i am also allegedly very broke
Beliefs as emergent properties of a system that is both internal and external. Bateson's ecology of mind. If the system producing the belief includes the environment, the belief doesn't belong to you. It belongs to the system you're part of. Does that change your relationship to beliefs you hold?