[lbo-talk] New Imperialism?

[Autoplectic]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:10:57 -0500, Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> Doug:
> > It's hard to say anything's "natural" in human behavior, but
> > nonhierarchical arrangements have yet to present themselves in
> > durable quantity.
> 
> "Natural" is an understatement or perhaps wrong category.  Our all cognitive
> processes necessarily involve hierarchies - without hierarchies we could not
> differentiate, categorize, arrange, analyze, organize - in a word, think in
> rational terms.  Things have no meaning if they are not placed in a context
> that by very definition involves some form of hierarchical arrangement.
> 
> It is only natural that hierarchy defines human relations, especially those
> involving specialized roles and a large number of individuals.  Trying to
> get rid of hierarchies is sheer lunacy.  The point is not to eliminate them,
> but to reduce some of their dysfunctional qualities.
> 
> Wojtek

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Hokum, the human brain-body ecosystem does not working according to
Herbert Simon's fantasies! :-)