hierarchy

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planted: 04/04/2020last tended: 09/09/2023

Hierarchy is emergent, not imposed from above. This is why we see hierarchy in nature—central nervous systems, keystone species, cells, organs, and organisms—even though there is no boss of nature.

However, a hierarchy, once established, tends to find ways to perpetuate itself.

Fragments: vertebrate technology

1. Elsewhere

1.1. In my garden

1.2. In the Agora

1.3. Mentions

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