Some people cannot get this concept and I silently snicker at their confusion but let me make it clear so they can “get it” in the future when I link this tweet to them:
Complex systems exhibit multiple attributes some of which are in contradiction with one another. 🧵
Complex systems exhibit multiple attributes some of which are in contradiction with one another. 🧵
So while it’s true, for example, that the Kremlin consists of neoliberals and cuckolds, it is simultaneously true that it consists of patriots and heroes.
It doesn’t end in direct contradiction either: sometimes things can also be in *apparent* contradiction.
It doesn’t end in direct contradiction either: sometimes things can also be in *apparent* contradiction.
For example, the US and NATO are both in decline. Nevertheless they are at the height of their power, while their rivals are crippled by weakness and indecision. There is no contradiction in this case, as the systems are separate but people automatically expect a sharp contrast.
Furthermore, it is true that we are on the edge of nuclear war — but it is not imminent! The system is not duration based but event based.
We reached the point of no return in December when the US struck Russia’s nuclear arsenal using Ukraine a proxy… but a peace is possible.
We reached the point of no return in December when the US struck Russia’s nuclear arsenal using Ukraine a proxy… but a peace is possible.
How the hell is peace possible if the point of no return has passed?
Simple — the system must fundamentally be overthrown, either the tepidness of Russia which would lead to a nuclear war, or the psychotic aggressiveness of the expansionist USA — a USSR style breakup and peace
Simple — the system must fundamentally be overthrown, either the tepidness of Russia which would lead to a nuclear war, or the psychotic aggressiveness of the expansionist USA — a USSR style breakup and peace
People get really hostile aggressive and quite frankly UGLY when they cannot appreciate fundamental complexities and valid contradictions in a system — Russia and the US is filled with contradictions.
But a human being with critical thinking can reason beyond them.
But a human being with critical thinking can reason beyond them.
The problem is the restriction of people’s thought within language. It might help you to learn a few languages — I know a few but won’t reveal much about that.
Beyond that, learn to draw and see an entire scene simultaneously without focusing on any single item within it.
Beyond that, learn to draw and see an entire scene simultaneously without focusing on any single item within it.
When you unshackle you’re mind from serial thinking and move to the lateral, you can unlock a human ability that has been restricted from you during your school or University indoctrination.
But first you have to become really stupid like me and throw everything out!
But first you have to become really stupid like me and throw everything out!
It’s all mostly junk anyway believe me. Very detailed junk that’s filling up your brain, open your eyes and see the picture as a whole with every single element of detail, and not whatever stupid “contradiction” you are concerned about. /End
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