by orchaeus | Nov 14, 2020 | Status Update
When I write … especially here… I am trying to see how to speak about something I have noticed. So, to start out with, I am trapped. Why? Because I have already decided what is ‘important’. I have an agenda. I have committed. So, for example,...
by orchaeus | Nov 14, 2020 | Status Update
It is the norm of humans to diverge from norms in vastly more ways than they accord with them. What then is ‘normal’ for humans? One answer is that the question is malformed because the group forged by the class (humans) is not available for actual...
by orchaeus | Nov 14, 2020 | Status Update
Someone at push hands accused me of being studious. I laughed and said, “You’ve got the wrong idea about me.” They doubled down, and said “No, I know you’re studious.” I said, “Well, yes, but only informally…” They...
by orchaeus | Nov 13, 2020 | Status Update
The idea of ‘questing’ was something I picked up from ‘role-playing’ games, such as Dungeons and Dragons. But I quickly realized this was a symbolic encoding of something profound, and accessible to ordinary people in daily life. So I became...
by orchaeus | Nov 13, 2020 | Status Update
Wherever our collectives lack or lose their coherence and integrity… they can be captured for all sorts of catastrophic purposes… by groups, individuals… even ‘information’. This points at the necessity: we must develop »better...
