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223. James Bridle

Scratching the Surface

CHAPTER

The Oom Veldt, Is a Concept of the World

The German word for intelligence is oom veldt. It's not the same as intelligence, it's better sort of thought of as a kind of world view or perception or an awareness of the world. The most common example of this is that of a tick as in the small biting insect. And once you start to think about it as everything having its own beinghood, that changes our relationships with them totally.

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