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How Bridges and Walls Grow Out of Abstractions

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This brief commentary on Yoni Van Den Eede’s rumination, “Concrete/Abstract,” explores residual conceptual ambiguities and raises questions about information technologies and the felt sense of primacy regarding selves and communities.

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Anton, C. How Bridges and Walls Grow Out of Abstractions. Found Sci 22, 447–450 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-015-9466-3

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