Comments on: Trade is to culture as sex is to biology https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/trade-is-to-culture-as-sex-is-to-biology/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/trade-is-to-culture-as-sex-is-to-biology/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 Isegoria Wed, 26 May 2010 19:08:44 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6250#comment-2743 For those who don’t immediately recognize what Pirsig’s famous “Inquiry in Values” book might be, it’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/trade-is-to-culture-as-sex-is-to-biology/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Ross Wed, 26 May 2010 15:46:10 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6250#comment-2726 Robert Pirsig, in his excellent “Lila” (the follow-on to his famous “Inquiry into Values” book) draws an analogy between sex/biology and celebrity/culture.

I believe this analogy is a bit more tightly defined than “trade”, and supports the transmission of behaviors within the “collective” mind similarly.

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