I feel like I agree that this often happens, and kind of aligns with how an ecosystem in stasis might gravitate towards some member species being dominant. But when a disturbance kicks in that structure is often overthrown, increasing diversity. So we need a good healthy disturbance to help pull these people off their pedestal!
You might like Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp, it discusses the concept of fission-fusion cycles, a historical pattern of groups/societies coming together and falling apart. It’s a little more coherent than Polybius’ anacyclosis.
I feel like I agree that this often happens, and kind of aligns with how an ecosystem in stasis might gravitate towards some member species being dominant. But when a disturbance kicks in that structure is often overthrown, increasing diversity. So we need a good healthy disturbance to help pull these people off their pedestal!
You might like Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp, it discusses the concept of fission-fusion cycles, a historical pattern of groups/societies coming together and falling apart. It’s a little more coherent than Polybius’ anacyclosis.