diff --git a/alternatives.md b/alternatives.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d51c19cdf --- /dev/null +++ b/alternatives.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# alternatives + +- a [[list]]. + - [[pull]] [[alternative]] [[protopoi]] + - I sometimes think of [[Flancia]] as a set of possible [[alternatives]]: improvements to the world that might be at hand if we choose to solve the right [[coordination problems]]. + - Think https://alternativeto.net for all of the world's problems. + - It converges to the [[internet]], used with good intentions. + diff --git a/antiflancia.md b/antiflancia.md index ea82b9d47..805958b94 100644 --- a/antiflancia.md +++ b/antiflancia.md @@ -1,7 +1,18 @@ # Antiflancia -- Everything that [[Flancia]] does not want to be. - - A place where people believe that violence will always be the way. - - A place where [[fascism]] may reign supreme. - - A place where the 1% have everything. +- a [[place]]. + - in [[cacotopoi]]. + - if [[Flancia]] is a set, Antiflancia can be said to contain all that [[Flancia]] doesn't because of its ethical charge. + - [[violence]] + - [[poverty]] + - [[sexism]] + - [[racism]] + - [[fascism]] +- [[pull]] [[omelas]] [[relics]] + +It was in Antiflancia that I knew [[Moloch]]: I saw his true face in the corrupt beauty of those that ignored suffering even as it stared them back; I saw the [[egregore]] take shape from the bodies of the rich as they learnt (were raised, then taught) not to stray near the wrong places -- the places where suffering in hidden in plain view. + +The capital of Antiflancia is not ugly, as you might expect, but rather beautiful; they call it [[Omelas]]. + + diff --git a/cacotopoi.md b/cacotopoi.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e99d64d08 --- /dev/null +++ b/cacotopoi.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +# cacotopoi + +- [[pull]] [[dystopia]] + diff --git a/internet.md b/internet.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ff4ec6708 --- /dev/null +++ b/internet.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# internet + +- a [[thing]]. + - [[network]] +- a [[being]]. + - at least one. + - contains many [[egregores]] + +I can't believe I hadn't noded The Internet as late as [[2022-01-09]]. The internet is one of [[my favourite things]] ever. + diff --git a/journal/2022-01-09.md b/journal/2022-01-09.md index aaddbce14..50336d5b0 100644 --- a/journal/2022-01-09.md +++ b/journal/2022-01-09.md @@ -11,16 +11,22 @@ - [[well scoped]] - [[large scope]] - [[well intentioned]] + - [[alternatives]] - [[revolution]] - [[mynoise]] - [[push]] [[paul nagle]] - [[take it easy]] https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/paulNagleSequenceGenerator.php - [[write]] - - [[commons]] - - [[knowledge commons]] - - [[one hour for the revolution]] - - [[light]] + - [ ] [[commons]] + - [ ] [[knowledge commons]] + - [ ] [[two pomodoros for the revolution]] == [[one hour for the revolution]] + - [x] [[antiflancia]] + - [ ] [[light]] - [[identities]] +- [[omelas]] + - [[the ones who walk away from omelas]] + - [ ] should inherit go links + - essentially [[pull]] should merge resources at action resolution time - [[do]] - [ ] improve user page in the Agora - [ ] add attribution (repo link) diff --git a/moloch.md b/moloch.md index 8fc19a51d..bb1b0e915 100644 --- a/moloch.md +++ b/moloch.md @@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ - an [[egregore]]. - Apologies for calling it a [[thing]] at some point. - Called by some [[the machine]]. + - Lives in [[Antiflancia]]. - [[wp]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch - - [[go]] [[wwp]] + - [[go]] [[wp]] - [[pull]] [[meditations on moloch]] - - A vector against interesting gradients in [[protopoi]], often taking the form of [[coordination problems]]. - - Sometimes solved through history after unlocking new tools for more people. - - Currently includes social evils due to missed opportunities and the tendency of self-sustaining systems to stay put in idiosyncratic equilibriums, local optima. - - Better optima become available with improvements in availability of resources, and improvements for communication and collaboration. - - The Agora is my tool for [[chasing moloch]]. - - If I ever catch up to them, I'll ask them plenty of questions. - - [[Some days I feel like slaying moloch]]. - - [[twitter]] https://flancia.org/t/moloch + - A maximizer of [[cacotopoi]]. + - A vector against interesting gradients in [[protopoi]], often taking the form of [[violence]] and unsolved [[coordination problems]]. + - Sometimes solved through history after giving new tools to more people. + - Currently includes social evils due to missed opportunities and the tendency of self-sustaining systems to stay put in idiosyncratic equilibriums, local optima. + - Better optima become available with improvements in availability of resources, and improvements for communication and collaboration. + - The Agora is my proposal for a tool for [[chasing moloch]]. + - [[flancian]] https://flancia.org/t/moloch + - If we ever catch up to them, we'll ask them plenty of questions. + - I think it is armed with a [[commons]] we'll [[slay moloch]] if we have to. + - [[pull]] [[slaying moloch]] diff --git a/omelas.md b/omelas.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cb4b06714 --- /dev/null +++ b/omelas.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Omelas + +- a [[place]]. + - [[city]] + - [[pull]] [[the ones who walk away from omelas]] + - [[go]] http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas.pdf + - [[san francisco]] is not that far from [[omelas]] + - [[pull]] [[tenderloin]] + diff --git a/relics.md b/relics.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7830cf7e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/relics.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# relics + +- a [[draft]]. + - I essentially [[vomited]] the piece below, published it on https://flancia.org, and then never looked back; never reread it, never edited it. + diff --git a/san francisco.md b/san francisco.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06023178c --- /dev/null +++ b/san francisco.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# san francisco + +- a [[place]]. + - [[city]] [[california]] + - of contrasts. + - [[pull]] [[tenderloin]] [[hayes]] [[soma]] [[haight ashbury]] + diff --git a/some days i feel like slaying moloch.md b/some days i feel like slaying moloch.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cfaf37eec --- /dev/null +++ b/some days i feel like slaying moloch.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# some days I feel like slaying moloch + diff --git a/tenderloin.md b/tenderloin.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6c95b255e --- /dev/null +++ b/tenderloin.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# tenderloin + +- a [[place]]. + - It was in the Tenderloin I saw [[Antiflancia]], through no fault of its inhabitants. + - [[pull]] [[san francisco]] + +It was in the Tenderloin I clearly saw the Agora. It had the shape of all the missing connections. + + diff --git a/the ones who walk away from omelas.md b/the ones who walk away from omelas.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d2883b1a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/the ones who walk away from omelas.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# the ones who walk away from omelas + +- a [[short story]]. + - [[ursula k. le guin]] [[1973]] + - [[go]] http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas + - [[audio]] https://dynamic.wakingup.com/course/3fd874 + - read by [[sam harris]] + - [[annotate]] https://via.hypothes.is/https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/emily.klotz/engl1302-6/readings/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-le-guin/at_download/file \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/those that walk away from omelas.md b/those that walk away from omelas.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..081a1d925 --- /dev/null +++ b/those that walk away from omelas.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# those that walk away from omelas + diff --git a/ursula k. le guin.md b/ursula k. le guin.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..474c0f263 --- /dev/null +++ b/ursula k. le guin.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# ursula k. le guin + +- a [[person]]. + - [[writer]] [[friend]] + - like her a lot + - [[pull]] [[ursula le guin]] [[ursula kroeber le guin]] + +