Mutualism - by Venkatesh Rao - Contraptions
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Graph minds destabilize naive notions of individuals
This is part of the Graph Minds Notebook series The more I think through the concept of graph minds, the more it seems that the concept of an isolated “individual” is just not very real, and requires a good deal of rather contrived effort to sustain. Physical bodies only come in an individual form factor, and are only inter-networked via the relatively low-bandwidth channels of sight, sound, and touch, but that’s really not saying very much. Rocks come in pieces too, but chemistry rather than geometry is what identifies a rock. Water comes in puddles, lakes, and oceans, but has no…
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