In center locations, by which we mean areas of a population that are urbanized and gathered, and from which all others are dependent (we will define dependency), certain characteristics benefit and others serve as a detriment. The two primary characteristics that flourish in such a location are, first, conception: the idea itself, the originality of the proposition, especially if we are creating something from the idea—production, and so forth. Secondly, the way in which things transfer in real time between people—specific people and systems to people; the transfer itself. It might seem that a conceptual idea, the originality of an idea, is what becomes exchanged, but that is not the true marker of what is exchangeable. As we know, branding and marketing create the framework to enable succession between two entities without the regular work that allows for a succession to occur. It is the smoothing of that exchange. When something is not marketable, it is not lacking ideation, and...
Nonfiction author writing on identity, trauma, existential psychology, and civilization. Books and podcast by Baruch Menache.