Economics, Structures, Patterns, Asymmetry

Explain the ideas in Graeber’s book “Debt”.

What are some of the more interesting anecdotes that Graeber uses to bolster his arguments.

Consider debt as a mechanism to create asymmetry. Show different ways that asymmetry is created in nature.

Are there books that explore these patterns of asymmetry?

Consider movements such as bildung, democracy, and others as attempts to manage asymmetry in social systems. Describe why and how they do this.

List all the different ways that humans are trying to manage asymmetry.

Now list all the ways that humans foster asymmetry.

Explain the ways that nature uses to manage asymmetry in organisms and biological systems.

Explain how the yin yang symbol is an early attempt to show this dynamic of asymmetry.

AI on asymmetry

Think of asymmetry as fundamental to human societies. What degree of asymmetry begins to make a society dysfunctional?