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That's a very good question! (lemmy.world)

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[–] rockettaco37 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Technically aren't a lot of things just societal concepts if you think hard enough about them?

[–] Randelung 6 points 2 days ago

Countries, slut shaming, office hours, time zones, dress codes...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I strongly recommend Sapiens: a short story of humanity by Yuval Harari if you'd like to think about this a bit more, particulary his concept of 'myths'.

I'd guess that you'd find a summary of that chapter online without buying the whole book.

[–] rockettaco37 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely have to check it out sometime. :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sort of. Theres maybe something to things that naturally exist, whether we name them or not. We didnt create beavers in the same way we did money.

[–] rockettaco37 2 points 2 days ago

Well... that's why I didn't say everything. :p