A Hasty Hypothesis of Curacy

(In 7 Tweets)

1/7 Ideas are humanity's only true wealth.

2/7 When constrained by language or locality, Ideas give rise ecosystematically to Culture.

3/7 Globalization forces Ideas and Cultures to compete for survival...

4/7 ...resulting in both “invasive exotic” and “endangered native” ideas just like we see with plants and animals.

5/7 Globalization therefore reduces cultural diversity, promotes homogenized thought, and impoverishes humanity.

6/7 Curacy is our best defense against Globalization (so far), but...

7/7 ...any theory or method of Curacy is inescapably informed by the curating culture and is already compromised.

8/7 Take all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / then charge all the people a dollar and a half to see 'em...