Now, if I squint and view derailing in the context of information warfare, and take the observation in the JP thread about S5 arguments in public likely leading to discord, maybe I can begin to understand my friend’s concern.
yes, I'm modeling ideology as a virulent pathogen transmitted in social commons.
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One that controls your brain, like toxoplasmosis. The thing I don’t love about this analogy is it leaves out the utility of infection. The “predatory meme” model fits that aspect, though: predators are instrumental when domesticated.
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right, multiple metaphors here each doing some work of its own. the nice thing about abstractions is you can mix and match elements.
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Which is meta-fitting, since the gist of S5 is being able to use systems of thought wherever they’re useful and ignore them the rest of the time.
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Though when ranking fit, John’s “ideology-as-OS, S5 cognition as hypervisor” tops my list. Sometimes, a particular OS is needed to accomplish a role, especially in the context of a network of computers running that OS. E.g. I need access to Windows and Linux for work.
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Similarly, I need to be able to step into Christianity when talking to my parents, Intersectional Feminism and Libertarianism around town, and material monism at the hacker space if I’m going to be coherent or persuasive. I need them all to function in a pluralistic society.
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ok this tweet makes your idea a lot more clear to me. we may have a terminology mismatch. what I think you're describing are "stances", which I might call "dramatis personae" in memespace. masks that you wear and remove as needed. ideology is a mask sutured to your face.
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Agree on terminology mismatch. The reason I think my Christian persona is still an ideology when I wear it earnestly (as opposed to sneeringly, which I also do sometimes) is that it still functions the same as when it was “sewn to my face” as a boy, despite strong disbelief.
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Very much like the preemptive scheduler on a hypervisor, I can give my myself over to acting and thinking as a believer for short periods of time when needed, without relinquishing unbounded control to the system of thought.
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