The idea of genetic blueprint, & underlying cybernetic definition of communication as faithful exchange of information, prevented us from seeing the body as it really is – not product of an algorithm, but a complex, molecularly networked social becoming
https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-time-to-replace-the-genetic-blueprint-idea
@johnverdon Genes give us tools. They aren't who we are. They shape how we perceive the world, but it's still up to us to make of ourselves.
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@AskTheDevil Genes may well be our 'common wealth' - a commons that enables affordances of individuation of of bio-psycho-social niche-making
I am only because we are
@johnverdon I love that last line!
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