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NIRODHA COLLECTIVE · DISPATCH

Five signs that a system is becoming predatory

The teeth are not decisive. The structure is.

One-way resource flow. Externalised harm. Ineffective dissent. Compulsory escalation. Destruction of the common foundation.

Our hypothesis is attackable: when at least four characteristics persist together, local optimisation increasingly risks instability at the next system level.

Claims & sources

I:C011 · central-synthesis
  1. S001 · Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation
  2. S002 · Major evolutionary transitions in individuality
  3. S006 · The unique ecology of human predators

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