
The Parallax View #50: Intellectual Deep Web Extranvaganza
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The Safety Valve of Attentionalism
The way to avoid getting killed these days is to retract. The attention of e of the crowd is very dangerous. But bu a taway awawi, the way to avoid being killed are to retract. That's why we talk about the evil eye. A lot of cultures talk about theevil eye. So that's an enthropological view. Kings emerged from scapegoats that were kept and were celebrated before the ritual. Some scapegoats were very smart, and they started getting attention from the tribe. This had also a very important shadow side. Because if the king, if the king performed, didn't perform well. And ollt he problem is that the king is o scapego
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