padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
of course, idk who's denying of that. but "feedback loop" is so general as to be unhelpful.material conditions and environment dictate a lot but ideas are material too
where are the points of feedback? in what directions does it flow?
not that these things can be known perfectly, which is why history is a series of arguments rather than just a set of facts
idk exactly why you're referring to Spinoza there specifically, perhaps you could expound