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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that's a really interesting thing to say. if you don't mind my asking, do you wear it earnestly in the sense of being able to talk to Christians in their own language, or in the sense of (temporarily) being an earnest Christian?
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I find there are levels, and the deeper you go, the larger the risks and rewards. Adopting the language of the listener is just good communications practice, but it comes with the risk of picking up bad definitions, being perceived as patronizing...and I’m sure there are others.
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To illustrate one risk: when I use evangelical theology to argue politics with my parents, who know me to be a persuasive troll, they are right to be wary or even angry: it’s unkind if the subtext is “I keep your brain inside my brain just for kicks,” it’s condescending.
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In other cases it can be fine. In some, maybe most of those cases, the person you’re talking to probably assumes I agree with them, and some subset of those will be very offended if they learn you were just meeting them in their meme-space.
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the perils of fluidity
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