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Antagonistic Learning and Civilization (with Duncan Sabien)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

CHAPTER

The Concept of Civilization

"This is sort of one of my half-baked, like essay in progress, philosophy in progress things. So feel free to poke holes or ask questions where there are places that aren't clear," he says. "Once you and I agree that we're no longer going to sneak up on each other and hit one another on the head with rocks, we have, according to this model, become more civilized." He adds: Once we mutually agree not to launch nukes at each other, that's an incremental increase in our civilization between us.

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