"Reptiles have a tremendous amount of patience," Snow says. "They can wait out harsh environmental conditions. They can go without eating for a long time. Then, all of a sudden, there's a phase shift, a trigger point.
The population starts to function as as population rather than a lone inoculation."
-pretty sure this is from a new yorker article. also pretty sure this describes the word Zeitgeist, it seems to tap into the same general sociological cloud consciousness.
The most interesting bit to me about this is its describing pattern behavior in reptiles. Ancient brains. This makes me think that pop psychology, intrinsic drivers towards trends ans fads, have some sort of genetic correlation- they are our way of recombining, of acting a community of one species to satisfy some trigger within our code that was laid to waste long before we were recognizable as humans.
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