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People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture. Eric S. Raymond

You Culture Yourself People Others Distinction Drawing Status Kinds Open Attention Open Source Study Between Over Make Source Cultural Dominance Interactions Gain Who Asserting Societies Two

The term 'cyberutopian' tends to be used only in the context of critique. Calling someone a cyberutopian implies that he or she has an unrealistic and naively overinflated sense of what technology makes possible and an insufficient understanding of the forces that govern societies. Ethan Zuckerman

Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving. Evgeny Morozov

Safety Enjoy Faster Speed Virtually Citizens Driving Roads Over Democratic Safer Always Authoritarian Prefer Many Even Fast Societies

Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower. F. Sionil Jose

Ego Follower President Everyone Later No-One Leaders Mere Sooner Sooner Or Later Wants CEO Professional Chairman Societies Fractured

Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear. Fidel Castro

Day Class Will States One Day System Has-Been Someday Disappear Because Been Eternal Social Social Class Capitalist United United States Societies

The slugs are ascending this steep city staircase that leads up to a huge Catholic church, essentially signifying their slow crawl towards death. The work reminds us of religion, mortality, natural decay, and the slow suffocation of commercialized societies. Florentijn Hofman

Work Death Religion Natural Church Slow City Steep Mortality Towards Reminds Leads Catholic Catholic Church Huge Up Decay Essentially Ascending Crawl Staircase Us Societies

If you look at European societies since the financial crisis began in 2008, with very, very few exceptions, the differences between rich and poor have increased, and sometimes hugely. Frans Timmermans

You Financial Sometimes Few Differences Rich Increased Financial Crisis Crisis Exceptions Between Since Look Began Very Hugely Poor European Societies

Because the traditional mode of dress for Muslim women is so distinct - the headcovering, which is not there for guys - women carry a greater burden of representation than Muslim men do in non-Muslim societies. G. Willow Wilson

Women Burden Men Distinct Muslim Carry Dress Guys Greater Because Traditional Mode Than Representation Which Societies

Secularism and pluralism are two of the defining ethos of Western societies. The former decouples religion from governmental institutions whilst the latter seeks to protect the rights of all citizens to freely practice their creed. Gad Saad

Religion Rights Practice Defining Latter Secularism Citizens Pluralism Seeks Freely Institutions Protect Western Former Whilst Ethos Societies Creed Two

Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work? Gary Becker

Health is already a dominant sector in most societies and the one most guaranteed to grow. Geoff Mulgan

Health Sector Most Dominant Grow Societies Guaranteed

Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do. Geoff Mulgan

Innovation Every Bit Through Advance Economies Much Societies

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. Guy Debord

Life Prevail Everything Immense Directly Conditions Itself Accumulate Modern Representation Moved Where Production Lived Away Societies Spectacles Presents

The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies. Hamza Yusuf

Religion Ignorance Struggle Women Equality Goals Long Way Muslim Muslims Some Both Area Blaming Long Way Towards Attitudes Islamic Does Tradition Go West Historical Again Show Apparent Express Societies

The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments. Hans Rosling

Good Food Day People World Better Deficiency Way Those Worst Worst Thing Civil Could Part Support For The Day Globalization Governments Disease Being Much Poorest Billion Who Suffer Thing Societies Need

Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it. Helen Fisher

Love Society Evidence Never Did Romantic Romantic Love Found Societies

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. Henri Frederic Amiel

Great Law Passion Sacrifice Never Great Souls Souls Been Which Societies

It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art. Henry Louis Gates

Art Great Culture People Important Before White Great Art Thousands Thousands Of Years Only Civilized Fact Had Myths Sophisticated Continent Arrived Were Been Years Very Intelligent Africa African Being In Fact Subtle Organized Creators Societies

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