Nature Practises Democracy: Suli Breaks at TEDxHousesofParliament
The speaker argues that human society incorrectly applies flawed democratic concepts, suggesting nature models more functional systems; nature demonstrates effective resource management, such as the hermit crab utilizing found objects for shells, which is more advanced than human systems. ## Theses & Positions - Human society's approach to democracy is flawed, struggling to coexist with natural laws and emotional drives. - Human systems often focus on division and pride rather than unity, leading to inefficiency. - Nature provides effective, sustainable models for organization and resource use (e.g., bees, red deer). - The only law humanity needs to implement is its *natural* law, as human nature is failing. ## Concepts & Definitions - **Democracy:** Concept whose human implementation is often mocked or flawed. - **Natural Law:** The set of laws practiced by nature, presented as superior to human-made political systems. - **Naturalistic tendency:** Described as the process exemplified by the hermit crab using found materials like glass bottles or cans for a shell. ## Mechanisms & Processes - **Red Deer Herd Movement:** Demonstrates a natural voting mechanism where *"60% of the adults stand up effectively voting with their feet."* - **Baboons/Apes Leadership Selection:** Demonstrates a natural process where *"no male leader is selected until the females in the group have had a chance to look in the side."* - **Hermit Crab Shell Acquisition:** Mechanism where the creature *"does not grow its own shell"* but wanders to use found materials like *"glass bottles or cans."* - **Bee Honey Gathering:** Example of efficient resource management for the queen, without worrying about *"pay cut possibly redundancy a recession."* ## Examples & Cases - **German Football Fan in Pub (2010 World Cup):** Illustrates how human emotions and democracy can lead to mockery when faced with cultural divides. - **Mother's Soup Anecdote:** Personal example of learning that in social groups, value often aligns with the *"most popular."* - **Nature vs. Human Conflict:** Contrast between nature's efficiency and human tendency to focus on division over unity. - **Murder/Violence Analogy:** When animals kill one another, it is always for *"survival or nourishment,"* whereas human conflict is often for other reasons. - **Baltic and North Sea Example:** Suggests the balance in these bodies of water happens *"with no need for establishment or Congressman."* - **Texting vs. Speaking Time:** Contrasts time spent digitally with physical time spent with family. ## Counterarguments & Caveats - The speaker acknowledges that the concept of freedom of speech is questionable, citing the necessity of paying phone bills. - The ability of humans to develop complex ideologies (democracy) is noted, but this capability also leads to struggle. - The speaker notes that human consciousness might be a *"curse"* rather than a pure gift. ## Conclusions & Recommendations - Focus should shift from flawed human concepts of governance to adherence to natural laws. - Human nature is incorrectly mimicking natural systems; *"nature practices democracy human nature as a is not."* ## Implications & Consequences - Misapplication of democratic ideals leads to internal conflict and inability to progress. - The primary source of negative conflict and law-breaking mentioned is *human nature* itself. ## Verbatim Moments - *"I used to believe in freedom of speech until I had to pay my first phone bill that's cool because I heard reality only makes you stronger if it don't kill do you think"* - *"does it favor the rabbit that plows the earth when it's alive or the one that fertilizes the soil when it becomes roadkill"* - *"the above examples are merely to highlight that we are probably the species with the most autonomy in the whole of the Earth's geography so why do we struggle with its philosophy to the point where it becomes a foreign ideology when even nature practices democracy"* - *"our human emotions and democracy find it difficult to coexist causing us to make a mockery of this"* - *"our judgments are clouded by a Lyon share of Pride"* - *"only hold value to the views of those who were most popular"* - *"we'd rather focus on what divides us than what unites us"* - *"Google the Baltic and the North Sea Watch how they balance perfect with no need for establishment or Congressman"* - *"the hermit crab does not grow its own shell it wanders along and uses whatever it can for Shell whether it be glass bottles or cans so effectively"* - *"is this Consciousness really a gift or a curse"* - *"nature practices democracy human nature as a is not"*