The series handles questions of identity and individuality quite nicely, but the ideas about leaderless emergent social phenomena (the 'stand alone complex' of the title) are the really interesting food for thought. Sometimes particular ideas seem to be "abundant in the ether", waiting to sprout in whatever fertile mind they find. Would we recognize an emergent event if we saw it?
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dr_tectonic) wrote,
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Would you like some philosophy with your GitS?
The series handles questions of identity and individuality quite nicely, but the ideas about leaderless emergent social phenomena (the 'stand alone complex' of the title) are the really interesting food for thought. Sometimes particular ideas seem to be "abundant in the ether", waiting to sprout in whatever fertile mind they find. Would we recognize an emergent event if we saw it?
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