One of the things I like about cracked.com is they sometimes sneak interesting ideas into their humour. A case in point is this article monkeysphere
It’s a rambling discourse on the shocking nature of society. The central thiessis is that humans are ill-suited to hanging out with or caring about more than 150 or so people. Writer ramblingly explores implications of this then ends with advice in the form of a total cheat acronym: TRY. T stands for you are a Total moron. R stands for undeRstand there are no supermonkeys. Y stands for don’t let anYbody simplify it for you. I think it means 1) humility 2) they’re as bad as us / we’re as bad as them 3) hurray for complexity and be suspicious of those trying to simplify.
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Odd, mixed messages, refreshing read
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