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tama

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3. Qualitative holistic analysis

Reply to napoleon_in_rags (Reply #1)

Sat May 19, 2012, 03:38 AM

May 2012

A community's social knowledge (e.g. tribe living in natural communism/anarchism) needs to know collectively what is edible and what is not, where and how to satisfy material needs in sustainable way, how to manage webs of social and environmental relations etc. Tribes without number theory can and do live well, obsession with quantitative analysis goes together with materialistic metaphysics of control mania.

Ownership is an immaterial cognitive and qualitative relation, to begin with. As is belonging.

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Cognitive capitalism... [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

"the key productive force". Uh Oh. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #1

you make great points (& succinctly too) n/t zazen May 2012 #2

Qualitative holistic analysis tama May 2012 #3

When you look at world history, that 'control mania' seems pretty effective. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #4

Materialism tama May 2012 #5

I think you're mis-characterizing measurability and countability napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #6