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by gottorf
1074 days ago
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> “elite overproduction” is a major source of cultural instability I'm ambivalent about Turchin's work, but there are corroborating theories on this; see the idea of "change merchants"[0], which posit that as more people (and especially more people with higher social rank and influence) deal in the virtual as opposed to the physical, there is an increasing amount of personal incentive on those involved to make sure that things change rapidly. [0]: https://www.city-journal.org/article/change-merchants |
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