Wisdom Lessons Based on the “Cytokine-Storm” Metaphor
subject: cytokine storm, Metaphor, canon, expert, de-cognition, de-communication
description: The basic process of covid-19, and especially the kernel of its deadly impact: the cytokine storm, is discussed. A destructive positive feedback is started by messenger cells that become and act blindly for their impact. They become “de-cognitive” and “de-communicative”. Such process of deterioration of messengers is a relevant metaphor to understand and approach some relevant aspects of wisdom in social systems, in economic systems, in political systems…
creator: Fernand Jozef VANDAMME
source: Biotemas
publisher: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
date: 2020
coverage: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion