> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 3 evergreens, 2 sources</em></s> #### [[Why is it hard to understand how our environment effects us]] > ![[10_Sources/books - How to Avoid a Climate Disaster#^308344233]] > > <cite>[[David Foster Wallace]]</cite> Why can't we realize that we live in an [[imagined order]]? This is a question posed in [[Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari|Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari]], that closely ties into:: [[What enables large scale social order]] and plays a part of:: [[Do we have free will]] Harari's answer is: ![[Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari#^dd0325]] Other possible reasons: - We are indoctrinated - We can't objectively observe what we are a part of - We want to believe - We are materially affected by this [[social order]] - We want to change this [[social order]]? - The fact that it is imagined doesn't change anything about it I think that in modern times we have for the most part realized that we live in a [[Imagined order]] except perhaps for christians? It seems like this question is a lot more meaningful when contrasted with the long held belief in a "[[natural law]]" or natural order. These days we have mainly come to the conclusion that our [[social order]] is imagined, but we are still trying to figure out ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SPROUT *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[social order]] #### References ![[Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^297681749]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^297681750]] ![[Darwin's Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^298292985]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^298292987]]