alternative title: the phoenix
why
do hummers hum?
why
do criers cry?
are
we bonding? some
why,
oh, why ask why?
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1.
everything
happens because of pressure (or some differential in pressure).
2.
surviving
sentient entities (things that have a sense of self) survive… due
to a strong survival instinct. for lack
of a better term, let’s call sentient entities ‘be-ings.’
3.
be-ings,
in i-survive-all mode, need basics: like air, water, food, etc.
o
sentient
machine-intelligence might require a different set of basics.
4.
be-ings
(from atoms to AGI), in i-survive-as-a-species mode… replicate.
5.
be-ings,
in survival mode, strive to better their odds at 3 & 4, above. i call this ‘thrival,’ but this process is
just the evolution of survival. thrival
is explained below:
6.
beings
bond-together (there’s safety in numbers), mark territory (to secure basic
resources and reproductive resources), and experience hierarchies (pecking-orders
determine who gets more or less of that which promotes survival).
7.
surviving
species also tend toward ego (a sense of separate self*). ego-ic groups seek access to
resources, engage in nonstop reproduction, and utilize memory/cognition to take intelligent actions that perpetuate the survival-thrival/replication
process (evolution).
8.
unless
impeded (or kept-in-check) by an outside entity (e.g. a predator, dis-ease,
disaster, overpopulation, etc.) the surviving entity/species becomes cancerous
-- event-u-all-y committing murder-suicide by destroying itself via destroying
its host.
9.
the
host (if/be-ing energy that is neither created nor destroyed), upon death,
would trans-form (dedupe) into part-i-cles that allow for the evolution of other
entities, thereby perpetuating the evolution/devolution/survival-thrival/death/re-cycle.
-the
beginning
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[i] martino, j. (12.7-1.2024). why,
oh why ask why? book 121: opportunity (on deck). © 2024
by j. martino.
*the sense of separate self (ego) can be attributed to an
individual (be-ing) and to a species/group (e.g. humans; the yankees).
-the species/group, in turn, develops
cult-like processes (culture) that perpetuate the survival/thrival of the species/group.
