Conversation

Replying to
10/ The underlying drive of a manifesto is social connection. The underlying drive of an antimanifesto is individual curiosity.
2
2
Replying to
11/ Before now, I hadn't connected my antipathy to manifestos to my preference for divergent exploration. They are 2 sides of the same coin.
1
3
Replying to
12/ Ms and AMs can co-exist and productively interact, but to seek synthesis is actually to try and colonize antimanifestos with manifestos
1
1
Replying to
13/ Furiously resisting *attempts* at synthesis, however, turns an antimanifesto into a manifesto (*cough* libertarians *cough*)
1
4
Replying to
14/ To follow an antimanifesto is to accept both convergence and divergence w/o resistance, while noting that divergence prevails over time
1
2
Replying to
16/ Poirot is an archetypal antimanifesto-ist. He only promises to uncover the truth, not to save people. Truth trumps social connection.
1
1
Replying to
17/ This is deep reason manifestos are explicit, but antimanifestos rarely are. Where truth prevails, divergence kills manifestos naturally
2
2
Replying to
18/ To force the convergence that a manifesto requires, you will eventually need to deny truths, even if you don't lie to yourself overtly.
2
2
Replying to
19/ I'm increasingly convinced that societies are not based on shared lies. They merely cannot be based on shared truths.
2
3