Ex-resident @KevinSimler returns to SNL...I mean ribbonfarm... with killer guest post "Minimum Viable Superorganism" http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/02/11/minimum-viable-superorganism/ …
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@ribbonfarm@KevinSimler could the Strong Man architecture be viable (in short term) if the Strong Man is a god or ideology?
@suchaone Maybe, but very tricky IMO. Gods (as symbols) most act through people. The idea of godly punishment does scare people, I guess,...
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@kevinsimler gods act through humans, but those humans may have low personhoodpic.twitter.com/cesxgUA0Ec
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@suchaone When everyone is slave to the same master, they have equal personhood among themselves. But yeah, if you serve a different god... - 1 more reply
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@suchaone but I prefer to think of "god" as shorthand for what society (read: other people) are going to do. "God doesn't want X" = -
@suchaone "other people are likely to condemn and punish you for X." I dunno though. I think Sarah has stronger opinions on this. - 3 more replies
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