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   "text": "Without a transcendental spiritual or philosophical principle to unify a society, its rules erode as exceptions to the routine are discovered that improve function temporarily yet violate the founding principles of the culture, and such violations split the population.",
   "abstract": "With- out a transcendental spiritual/philosophical principle to unify a society, the rules erode as exceptions to the routine are found which improve function temporarily, yet violate the founding principles of the culture. Such violations split the population.",
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   "text": "Rapid movement of edge knowledge into the mainstream via social media is not costless: it can dissolve existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.",
   "abstract": "Similarly, knowledge and views from the edges of society can be moved into societal mainstream very quickly via social media. This transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.",
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   "text": "Because social media can move knowledge and views from the edges of society into the mainstream very quickly, this transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.",
   "abstract": "Similarly, knowledge and views from the edges of society can be moved into societal mainstream very quickly via social media. This transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.",
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