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	== A Fractal Model of Repetitive History ==		== A Fractal Model of Repetitive History ==
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	The [[fractal]] metaphor helps us understand why history repeats itself, despite the enormous [[complexity]] of human [[society]]. The [[emergent]] patterns of human behavior are [[complex]], but they are based on similar underlying rules. People acting according to human [[morality]] will tend to repeat the same [[patterns]], both personally and [[Cultural\|culturally]]. The aspects of history that repeat are the [[wikipedia:Attractor\|attractors]] of this [[complex system]].		The [[fractal]] metaphor helps us understand why history repeats itself, despite the enormous [[complexity]] of human [[society]]. The [[emergent]] patterns of human behavior are [[complex]], but they are based on similar underlying rules. People acting according to human [[morality]] will tend to repeat the same [[patterns]], both personally and [[Cultural\|culturally]]. The aspects of history that repeat are the [[wikipedia:Attractor\|attractors]] of this [[complex system]].

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Musical History

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	== Musical History ==		== Musical History ==
	<blockquote>''"In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove,''		The [https://voices.pitt.edu/ Voices Across Time] project from the University of Pittsburgh library tells the story of American history through the folk songs of each period.<blockquote>''"In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove,''
	''And from this groove came the groove of all grooves,''		''And from this groove came the groove of all grooves,''

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	== Musical History ==		== Musical History ==
	In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove,		<blockquote>''"In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove,''
	And from this groove came the groove of all grooves,		''And from this groove came the groove of all grooves,''
	And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack ~~boldy~~ declared,
	~~“Let~~ there be HOUSE!”		''And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared,''
	and house music was born.
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0uT6tbN9Y\|\|center\|Groove Armada - History\|frame}}		''Let there be HOUSE!”''

			''and house music was born."''

			-[https://pressureradio.com/jacks-house/ Rhythm Controll – “My House”]</blockquote>{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0uT6tbN9Y\|\|center\|Groove Armada - History\|frame}}
	<br>		<br>
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8\|\|center\|Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey - History Repeating\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8\|\|center\|Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey - History Repeating\|frame}}

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Musical History

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	== Musical History ==		== Musical History ==
			In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove,
			And from this groove came the groove of all grooves,
			And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldy declared,
			“Let there be HOUSE!”
			and house music was born.
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0uT6tbN9Y\|\|center\|Groove Armada - History\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0uT6tbN9Y\|\|center\|Groove Armada - History\|frame}}
			<br>
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8\|\|center\|Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey - History Repeating\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8\|\|center\|Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey - History Repeating\|frame}}

Fractalguy: /* A Brief Overview of History */

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A Brief Overview of History

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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWS-qfR6K3w\|\|center\|Best Cunk on Earth Interviews\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWS-qfR6K3w\|\|center\|Best Cunk on Earth Interviews\|frame}}
	<br>		<br>
	Telling the history behind a historic [[parody]] is [[meta]] on multiple levels. Watch the full movie and follow-up series: Part 1, Part 2		Telling the history behind a historic [[parody]] is [[meta]] on multiple levels. Watch the full movie and follow-up series: [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/history-of-the-world-part-i Part 1], [https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/history-of-the-world-part-ii Part 2]
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3X1Q-8HqD4\|\|center\|Making History: Mel Brooks On Creating History of the World Part One\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3X1Q-8HqD4\|\|center\|Making History: Mel Brooks On Creating History of the World Part One\|frame}}

Fractalguy: /* A Brief Overview of History */

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A Brief Overview of History

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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWS-qfR6K3w\|\|center\|Best Cunk on Earth Interviews\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWS-qfR6K3w\|\|center\|Best Cunk on Earth Interviews\|frame}}
			<br>
			Telling the history behind a historic [[parody]] is [[meta]] on multiple levels. Watch the full movie and follow-up series: Part 1, Part 2
			{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3X1Q-8HqD4\|\|center\|Making History: Mel Brooks On Creating History of the World Part One\|frame}}

	== Musical History ==		== Musical History ==

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	[[File:History-learn-repeat-train-wreck-generating-equation-fractal.jpg\|thumb\|Learn from history or repeat it. Roughly every 100 years it seems, just long enough that the living no longer remember.]]		[[File:History-learn-repeat-train-wreck-generating-equation-fractal.jpg\|thumb\|Learn from history or repeat it. Roughly every 100 years it seems, just long enough that the living no longer remember.]]
	The advantage of basing a [[belief system]] on [[science]] is the fact that you can draw on the totality of accumulated human knowledge, rather than a small collection of [[scripture]]. This enables a much more robust understanding of history than [[religion]] has ever provided.<blockquote>''"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."'' -[[wikipedia:George_Santayana\|George Santayana]]</blockquote>History in [[scripture]] typically tells the story of a single tribe or nation, usually passed down orally and narrowly focused on the family lineage of the kings and prophets of that [[time]]. <blockquote>''“History doesn’t repeat itself, but It often rhymes” -''[[wikipedia:Mark_Twain\|Mark Twain]] </blockquote>History in [[metaculture]] must tell the entire human story, considering the stories of all peoples and [[cultures]], how they came to be, how they have interacted with each other in booth [[war]] and [[peace]]--the whole enchilada.		The advantage of basing a [[belief system]] on [[science]] is the fact that you can draw on the totality of accumulated human knowledge, rather than a small collection of [[scripture]]. This enables a much more robust understanding of history than [[religion]] has ever provided.<blockquote>''"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."'' -[[wikipedia:George_Santayana\|George Santayana]]</blockquote>History in [[scripture]] typically tells the story of a single tribe or nation, usually passed down orally and narrowly focused on the family lineage of the kings and prophets of that [[time]]. <blockquote>''“History doesn’t repeat itself, but It often rhymes” -''[[wikipedia:Mark_Twain\|Mark Twain]] </blockquote>History in [[metaculture]] must tell the entire human story, considering the stories of all peoples and [[cultures]], how they came to be, how they have interacted with each other in booth [[war]] and [[peace]]--the whole enchilada.

			== A Fractal Model of Repetitive History ==
			The [[fractal]] metaphor helps us understand why history repeats itself, despite the enormous [[complexity]] of human [[society]]. The [[emergent]] patterns of human behavior are [[complex]], but they are based on similar underlying rules. People acting according to human [[morality]] will tend to repeat the same [[patterns]], both personally and [[Cultural\|culturally]]. The aspects of history that repeat are the [[wikipedia:Attractor\|attractors]] of this [[complex system]].

	== Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations ==		== Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations ==

	~~The unique~~ [[~~perspective~~]] ~~on the interpretation of history that this~~ [[~~belief system~~]] ~~offers~~ is to view [[memes]], inventions, and [[ideas]] that have changed history as [[generating equations]] for new [[fractal]] patterns of human behavior.		Another application of the [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] is to view [[memes]], inventions, and [[ideas]] that have changed history as [[generating equations]] for new [[fractal]] patterns of human behavior.

	For example, take the invention of the printing press. At first there was [[just]] the original, but it was quickly copied, and copied again, until every city and town in the world had its own press and newspaper. The [[self-similar]] presses exist at multiple levels of scale, with enormous presses printing millions of copies in big cities, to the smallest zine being handed out at a protest. And then consider the influence that each of the [[Meme\|ideas]] printed on every one of those pages had on the people who read them, and so on. The [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] helps us understand and visualize how [[ideas]] replicate and form new [[patterns]] of behavior in [[societies]].		For example, take the invention of the printing press. At first there was [[just]] the original, but it was quickly copied, and copied again, until every city and town in the world had its own press and newspaper. The [[self-similar]] presses exist at multiple levels of scale, with enormous presses printing millions of copies in big cities, to the smallest zine being handed out at a protest. And then consider the influence that each of the [[Meme\|ideas]] printed on every one of those pages had on the people who read them, and so on. The [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] helps us understand and visualize how [[ideas]] replicate and form new [[patterns]] of behavior in [[societies]].

	The [[March of progress\|transition from polytheism to monotheism]] was another instance when there was a major change in the [[generating equation]] for how our [[culture]] and [[society]] is organized. Ultimately it is a simple change in a deeply rooted [[belief]]--one [[god]] instead of many. But it has impacted every aspect of [[culture]] from [[family]] [[life]] to [[politics]] to [[art]] to [[war]] for the vast majority of the people on earth for centuries.		The [[March of progress\|transition from polytheism to monotheism]] was another instance when there was a major change in the [[generating equation]] for how our [[culture]] and [[society]] is organized. Ultimately it is a simple change in a deeply rooted [[belief]]--one [[god]] instead of many. But it has impacted every aspect of [[culture]] from [[family]] [[life]] to [[politics]] to [[art]] to [[war]] for the vast majority of the people on earth for centuries.

	~~== A Fractal Model of Repetitive History ==~~
	The fractal metaphor also helps us understand why history repeats itself, despite the enormous [[complexity]] of human society. The [[emergent]] patterns of human behavior are [[complex]], but they are based on similar underlying rules. People acting according to human [[morality]] will tend to repeat the same patterns, both personally and culturally. The aspects of history that repeat are the [[wikipedia:Attractor\|attractors]] of this [[complex system]].

	== A Brief Overview of History ==		== A Brief Overview of History ==

Fractalguy: Fractal history

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Fractal history

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	The unique [[perspective]] on the interpretation of history that this [[belief system]] offers is to view [[memes]], inventions, and [[ideas]] that have changed history as [[generating equations]] for new [[fractal]] patterns of human behavior.		The unique [[perspective]] on the interpretation of history that this [[belief system]] offers is to view [[memes]], inventions, and [[ideas]] that have changed history as [[generating equations]] for new [[fractal]] patterns of human behavior.

	For example, take the invention of the printing press. At first there was just the original, but it was quickly copied, and copied again, until every city and town in the world had its own press and newspaper. The [[self-similar]] presses exist at multiple levels of scale, with enormous presses printing millions of copies in big cities, to the smallest zine being handed out at a protest. And then consider the influence that each of the [[Meme\|ideas]] printed on every one of those pages had on the people who read them, and so on. The [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] helps us understand and visualize how [[ideas]] replicate and form new [[patterns]] of behavior in [[societies]].		For example, take the invention of the printing press. At first there was [[just]] the original, but it was quickly copied, and copied again, until every city and town in the world had its own press and newspaper. The [[self-similar]] presses exist at multiple levels of scale, with enormous presses printing millions of copies in big cities, to the smallest zine being handed out at a protest. And then consider the influence that each of the [[Meme\|ideas]] printed on every one of those pages had on the people who read them, and so on. The [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] helps us understand and visualize how [[ideas]] replicate and form new [[patterns]] of behavior in [[societies]].

	The [[March of progress\|transition from polytheism to monotheism]] was another instance when there was a major change in the [[generating equation]] for how our [[culture]] and [[society]] is organized. Ultimately it is a simple change in a deeply rooted belief--one [[god]] instead of many. But it has impacted every aspect of [[culture]] from [[family]] life to [[politics]] to [[art]] to [[war]] for the vast majority of the people on earth for centuries.		The [[March of progress\|transition from polytheism to monotheism]] was another instance when there was a major change in the [[generating equation]] for how our [[culture]] and [[society]] is organized. Ultimately it is a simple change in a deeply rooted [[belief]]--one [[god]] instead of many. But it has impacted every aspect of [[culture]] from [[family]] [[life]] to [[politics]] to [[art]] to [[war]] for the vast majority of the people on earth for centuries.

			== A Fractal Model of Repetitive History ==
			The fractal metaphor also helps us understand why history repeats itself, despite the enormous [[complexity]] of human society. The [[emergent]] patterns of human behavior are [[complex]], but they are based on similar underlying rules. People acting according to human [[morality]] will tend to repeat the same patterns, both personally and culturally. The aspects of history that repeat are the [[wikipedia:Attractor\|attractors]] of this [[complex system]].

	== A Brief Overview of History ==		== A Brief Overview of History ==

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	[[File:History-learn-repeat-train-wreck-generating-equation-fractal.jpg\|thumb\|Learn from history or repeat it. Roughly every 100 years it seems, just long enough that the living no longer remember.]]		[[File:History-learn-repeat-train-wreck-generating-equation-fractal.jpg\|thumb\|Learn from history or repeat it. Roughly every 100 years it seems, just long enough that the living no longer remember.]]
	The advantage of basing a [[belief system]] on [[science]] is the fact that you can draw on the totality of accumulated human knowledge, rather than a small collection of [[scripture]]. This enables a much more robust understanding of history than [[religion]] has ever provided.<blockquote>''~~“History doesn’t~~ repeat ~~itself, but It often rhymes”~~ -''[[wikipedia:~~Mark_Twain~~\|~~Mark Twain~~]]</blockquote>History in [[scripture]] typically tells the story of a single tribe or nation, usually passed down orally and narrowly focused on the family lineage of the kings and prophets of that [[time]].		The advantage of basing a [[belief system]] on [[science]] is the fact that you can draw on the totality of accumulated human knowledge, rather than a small collection of [[scripture]]. This enables a much more robust understanding of history than [[religion]] has ever provided.<blockquote>''"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."'' -[[wikipedia:George_Santayana\|George Santayana]]</blockquote>History in [[scripture]] typically tells the story of a single tribe or nation, usually passed down orally and narrowly focused on the family lineage of the kings and prophets of that [[time]]. <blockquote>''“History doesn’t repeat itself, but It often rhymes” -''[[wikipedia:Mark_Twain\|Mark Twain]] </blockquote>History in [[metaculture]] must tell the entire human story, considering the stories of all peoples and [[cultures]], how they came to be, how they have interacted with each other in booth [[war]] and [[peace]]--the whole enchilada.

	History in [[metaculture]] must tell the entire human story, considering the stories of all peoples and [[cultures]], how they came to be, how they have interacted with each other in booth [[war]] and [[peace]]--the whole enchilada.

	== Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations ==		== Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations ==

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Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations

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	== Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations ==		== Major Historical Events Change the Generating Equations ==

	The unique [[perspective]] on the interpretation of history that this [[belief system]] offers is to view [[memes]], inventions, and ideas that have changed history as [[generating equations]] for new [[fractal]] patterns of human behavior.		The unique [[perspective]] on the interpretation of history that this [[belief system]] offers is to view [[memes]], inventions, and [[ideas]] that have changed history as [[generating equations]] for new [[fractal]] patterns of human behavior.

	For example, take the invention of the printing press. At first there was just the original, but it was quickly copied, and copied again, until every city and town in the world had its own press and newspaper. The [[self-similar]] presses exist at multiple levels of scale, with enormous presses printing millions of copies in big cities, to the smallest zine being handed out at a protest. And then consider the influence that each of the [[Meme\|ideas]] printed on every one of those pages had on the people who read them, and so on. The [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] helps us understand and visualize how ideas replicate and form new patterns of behavior in [[societies]].		For example, take the invention of the printing press. At first there was just the original, but it was quickly copied, and copied again, until every city and town in the world had its own press and newspaper. The [[self-similar]] presses exist at multiple levels of scale, with enormous presses printing millions of copies in big cities, to the smallest zine being handed out at a protest. And then consider the influence that each of the [[Meme\|ideas]] printed on every one of those pages had on the people who read them, and so on. The [[fractal]] [[metaphor]] helps us understand and visualize how [[ideas]] replicate and form new [[patterns]] of behavior in [[societies]].

	The [[March of progress\|transition from polytheism to monotheism]] was another instance when there was a major change in the [[generating equation]] for how our [[culture]] and [[society]] is organized. Ultimately it is a simple change in a deeply rooted belief--one [[god]] instead of many. But it has impacted every aspect of [[culture]] from [[family]] life to [[politics]] to [[art]] to [[war]] for the vast majority of the people on earth for centuries.		The [[March of progress\|transition from polytheism to monotheism]] was another instance when there was a major change in the [[generating equation]] for how our [[culture]] and [[society]] is organized. Ultimately it is a simple change in a deeply rooted belief--one [[god]] instead of many. But it has impacted every aspect of [[culture]] from [[family]] life to [[politics]] to [[art]] to [[war]] for the vast majority of the people on earth for centuries.