38: The Genius of the Species
The Nietzsche Podcast
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Communication Is Consciousness
Nietzsche suggests that consciousness itself is a result of the need for communication. He's predating work by Eric Gans or William von Hippel, Peter Turchins and many others who have suggested sociology drove the need for consciousness. So human sociality requires communication, which means that theory of mind needs to be understood in some sense.
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