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VIII. Dualities
"Why is an elephant huge, gray, rough, and hairy?”
”If it were small, white, smooth, and hairless, it’d be an aspirin."
Some dualities are trivial. Absurd, throwaway jokes.
Others, however, are wondrous, intricate puzzle-boxes, arriving with their opening instructions sealed secretly inside.
Or, perhaps, hidden in the throwaway jokes.
Argument is Aspirin world
Aspirin world is a microcosm. An orderly, protected bubble of time and space, in which Argument can safely take place.
bounded
certain
unhurried
left-to-right
Tiny but enormously powerful, Aspirin world is The Mouse that Roared.
Internet is Elephant country
Elephant country is a vast and sprawling wilderness. Bursting with untamed vitality, it screams “danger, disorder, adventure!”
open-world
uncertain
lightning-fast
chaotic
Elephant country offers us astonishing freedom and prosperity, IF we can navigate its risks.
We need both
In parable form,
Once upon a time, Aspirin world invented Rational Argument. It carved out a huge clearing in the Internet Jungle, built a clean-room Laboratory there, locked out the Elephants, and went on to build great things.
But Aspirin world grew too big, too fast! The Elephants of Internet Jungle reclaimed their lost territory. They trampled their way in, overran the Lab, and crushed the aspirin underfoot.
We need our Elephants to consume the asprin dust.
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