if we're considering constitutional amendments to stem the plague of school shootings, I have a modest proposal: We must amend the First Amendment to allow for the enforcement of damnatio memoriae on all mass killers to avoid the spread of this terrible act via social contagion
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
what if it isn't social contagion what if it's "think globally, act locally"
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Replying to @chaosprime
ok ok steelman time: social contagion is just a convenient way to refer to stigmergic coordination of attack-technique development between isolated actors similar to what is described here. Note how a similar countermeasure is suggested: http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2004/10/journal_the_mar.html …
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
oh hey good to know that when Grant Morrison invented Anonymous in The Invisibles he was reinventing stigmergy
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Replying to @chaosprime @hikikomorphism
> It is derived from the Greek words στίγμα stigma "mark, sign" and ἔργον ergon "work, action" wanted to capture both of the roots, and also, bullshit words are only as good as the number of syllables
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Replying to @danlistensto @hikikomorphism
it's the same root, stigmergy and stigmaturgy are the same word except one is inflected to capture cultural associations
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Replying to @chaosprime @hikikomorphism
true. double -erg is kinda cool though as it points to a recursive amplification, which sits right with me
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that is a bit pleasing isn't it
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