the individuals within each culture are themselves cultures that should be protected. bacteria are also cultures that should be protected. we need a universalized multi scale representation of culture, and we need to build the tools that allow all culture to negotiate peace with all other culture. if that means some large cultures, eg large groups, need to protect tiny cultures, eg individuals, from medium size cultures—then it means negotiation with the medium sized culture is still needed. we need to be able to identify and describe the smallest edit to a culture that preserves and increases cross-culture friendliness, while also preserving the distinct cultures as their own beings.
as a group of cultures, we do have a responsibility to do intercultural demands of non-violation—but we can do this in a way that minimizes value drift about self. it’s just a question of ensuring that subcultures that a larger culture wants to reject get to exist in their own form.
culture used here to mean “self preserving information process”, ie, all forms of life.
the individuals within each culture are themselves cultures that should be protected. bacteria are also cultures that should be protected. we need a universalized multi scale representation of culture, and we need to build the tools that allow all culture to negotiate peace with all other culture. if that means some large cultures, eg large groups, need to protect tiny cultures, eg individuals, from medium size cultures—then it means negotiation with the medium sized culture is still needed. we need to be able to identify and describe the smallest edit to a culture that preserves and increases cross-culture friendliness, while also preserving the distinct cultures as their own beings.
as a group of cultures, we do have a responsibility to do intercultural demands of non-violation—but we can do this in a way that minimizes value drift about self. it’s just a question of ensuring that subcultures that a larger culture wants to reject get to exist in their own form.
culture used here to mean “self preserving information process”, ie, all forms of life.