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 A key concept scholars use to understand human life is that of **society**. It is a very broad, fuzzy concept in some ways. Many times people use it descriptively rather than with one rigourously defined meaning. Still, when scholars seek to answer a question about patterns of behavior in **social** terms, they do have a specific sense of **society**. It is good to ask yourself, "OK, what does this scholar think a society is? What is their theory of society, and how does this inform how they see what people do?"  A key concept scholars use to understand human life is that of **society**. It is a very broad, fuzzy concept in some ways. Many times people use it descriptively rather than with one rigourously defined meaning. Still, when scholars seek to answer a question about patterns of behavior in **social** terms, they do have a specific sense of **society**. It is good to ask yourself, "OK, what does this scholar think a society is? What is their theory of society, and how does this inform how they see what people do?" 
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 I however choose to embrace a positive side I see in the machine metaphor. I as an individual may not have a big effect on society as a whole, but social systems have powers of their own. Social movements are social systems too. People can change the world not just by cooperating, but by creating a system that channels all their resources into a new social machine. We don't have to wait for a single individual to invent a new society for us.  I however choose to embrace a positive side I see in the machine metaphor. I as an individual may not have a big effect on society as a whole, but social systems have powers of their own. Social movements are social systems too. People can change the world not just by cooperating, but by creating a system that channels all their resources into a new social machine. We don't have to wait for a single individual to invent a new society for us. 
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