Re: [jboske] mei, latest cause celebre

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> > Can someone please define this "collective" stuff?
> 
> The output of a collectivizer has discrete members -- it refers to
> a collection of discrete things. The collection itself is a single
> thing, it has emergent properties, and it inherits properties from
> its members on a case-by-case basis, depending on the members and
> properties in question.

Surely for "output" read "input" here?

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