RE: [jboske] mei, latest cause celebre

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

John:
> 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?

No, I absolutely mean "output". This is what contrasts it with 
Substance, which takes any input and outputs something without 
discrete members.

--And.