War #3: Mimesis and Scapegoating, with Thomas Hamelryck

In this new mini-series, Parallax dives into the phenomenon of war. What are it´s characteristics, whats it´s function? Can we overcome it, or are we bound to certain aspects of human nature and culture.

“In egalitarian societies everybody is competing with everybody. That creates a lot of societal turmoil. Hierarchy is good.” - Thomas Hamelryck is a specialist in machiene learning and an expert on the works of anthropologist René Girard.

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