6B\\2'\\m","H":"md","I":1748581775867},{"C":"/>6B\\2'\\m","A":"metacurriculum ๐","D":"c0","E":1743035564325,"H":"md","I":1748382618343,"F":"[[observation is overwhelming|ambiguity]]\n โ \n[[this|c0]] is metacurriculum or curriculum index, for limiting the ambiguity of [[syntax]] throughout curricula\n \nmetacurriculum's win condition is [[accessible curriculum|c1#curriculum_is_accessible]]\n
\nmetacurriculum's foundational question is \"can we resolve conflicting access needs?\""},{"C":"I0m>:}}Qa","A":"autocurriculum โค๏ธ","D":"c1","E":1742710603256,"F":"###### curriculum is accessible\nโ \nalignment is possible\n โ \n[[this|c1]] is autocurriculum or curriculum disco, for self observation\n \nautocurriculum's win condition is [[self alignment|c2#you_can_maintain_self_alignment]]\n\nautocurriculum's foundational question is \"who are you?\"","H":"md","I":1748216943091},{"C":"BYKGt0.uF","A":"cocurriculum ๐งก","D":"c2","E":1742711482252,"F":"###### You can maintain self alignment\nโ \ndyadic alignment is possible\n โ \n[[this|c2]] is cocurriculum or curriculum consensus, for social observation\n \ncocurriculum's [win condition](https://tidal.com/browse/track/141262149?u) is [[social alignment|c3#you_can_maintain_dyadic_alignment]]\n\ncocurriculum's foundational question is \"who has [[personhood]]?\"","H":"md","I":1748576994615},{"C":"%0w.\"_zAY","A":"polycurriculum ๐","D":"c3","E":1742744789528,"F":"###### You can maintain dyadic alignment\nโ \ncultural alignment is possible\n โ \n[[this|c3]] is [[poly|polychotomy]]curriculum or curriculum impulsus, for building and directing collective force\n \npolycurriculum's win condition is [[local alignment|c4#you_can_maintain_big_alignment]]\n\npolycurriculum's foundational question is \"when is the use of force constructive?\"","H":"md","I":1748216972581},{"C":"I!GZg2tz:","A":"hypercurriculum ๐","D":"c4","E":1742754343858,"F":"###### You can maintain big alignment\nโ \nsocietal alignment is possible\n โ \nc4 is [[hyper|glossary]]curriculum or curriculum memoria, for global alignment\n \nhypercurriculum's win condition is creation of [[unicurriculum]]๐\n\nc4's foundational question is \"what did you forget?\"","H":"md","I":1746056867637},{"C":"[?^n}tYV'","A":"assumptions","D":"assumptions","E":1742755064712,"F":"when assumptions change, a new [[encyclopedia|iris]] is in order","H":"md","I":1747080665614,"G":"/>6B\\2'\\m"},{"C":"B]WPj<,Eq","A":"beliefs","D":"beliefs","E":1742755156533,"F":"beliefs change โ [[curriculum]] is [incoherent](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incoherent)","H":"md","I":1748581443213,"G":"/>6B\\2'\\m"},{"C":"I(v\"NGECl","A":"foundational assumptions","D":"foundational_assumptions","E":1742708496487,"F":"nothing is certain [[โ|dichotomy]] anything is possible\n\nin essence: it is possible that nothing is certain, and if so, it is certain that anything is possible\n \nor: certainty is nonbinary\n \nor, maybe: the only constant is change","I":1748583054833,"H":"md","G":"[?^n}tYV'"},{"C":"BA,ynj57b","A":"more assumptions","D":"more_assumptions","E":1742708667122,"F":"[[anything is possible|foundational_assumptions]] [[โ|syntax]] [[observation is possible|foundational_beliefs]]\n\nas is everything else,\n \n[[choice]] is possible,\n \n[[access]] is possible,\n \n[[repair]] is possible,\n \n[[genocide]] is possible,\n \nand so on: [[memory]] is probably [[real|postscript]], language can accurately describe reality. none of this is guaranteed, or necessarily valuable, but it could be","I":1748583208556,"H":"md","G":"I(v\"NGECl"},{"C":"QG% !\\fQW","A":"foundational beliefs","D":"foundational_beliefs","E":1742708847455,"F":"[[observation is possible|more_assumptions]]\n \n[memory](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/memory) [[is observable|postscript]] โ [[observation happens|glossary]]\n โ \n[[observation is ambiguous|ambiguity]]\n\n[[communication]] and [[identity]] separate observer and observed, but observation connects observer and observed","I":1748669102802,"H":"md","G":"B]WPj<,Eq"},{"C":"CK\\tKUPCy","A":"tutorial","D":"tutorial","E":1744136963426,"F":"for an introductory [tour](https://feather.wiki/?page=navigating) of iris, follow links from [[assumptions]] through the [[curricula|c4]]\n \niris is complete when tourists can share its content from [[memory]] โ use memory to connect [[Pages|pagination]] logically & reinforce memory with [[glossary]], [[index]], and (maybe) [flashcards](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1569268032?cb=1745080369100)\n & \n[[disagreement|alignment]], [[ambiguity]], or unmet [[access needs|access]] disable completion & the fullest and most accessible way to complete iris is to become its author & [[You]]r memory could merit its own encyclopedia\n โ \n[Save a copy of this Wiki](https://micah.tips/?page=s), [edit](http://feather.wiki/?page=editing_pages), and [upload](https://feather.wiki/?page=publishing)\n โ \nencyclopedias are never completed, but updated, aligned via [[metacurriculum|c0]]*, and connected via [[scholecule]]\n\n*[[meta|glossary]]curriculum [[predicts|prediction]] the [[mechanics|foundational_assumptions]] that guide atomic inquiry, the [[iris]], [[curriculum]], and [Feather Wiki](https://feather.wiki/?page=features)","H":"md","I":1748535390150,"G":"/>6B\\2'\\m"},{"C":"t3%z}nXX ","A":"iris","D":"iris","E":1744320465781,"H":"md","I":1748453201999,"F":"iris is a [Wiki](https://feather.wiki), and an [encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia) & iris is always changing\n & \niris will be whole when [[syntax]] is consistent and universal, when [[metacurriculum|c0]] is complete\n โ \n[[accessible atomic encyclopedia can only point hypertext at a changing, accessible, atomic media|communication]]\n\nwikipedia is great but too inaccessible. schools are accessible: there are enough different schools that everyone can access at least one, but they separate curriculum by topic, leaving the vast majority of observation out of scope. iris makes everything observable by organizing curriculum by scope, and making informed, free, foundational choices in a way that prioritizes universal access. starting small with self alignment, each curriculum's win condition is an order of magnitude more complicated than the last, separating by reach, not arbitration of relevance\n
\nPS also, public schools enforce attendance (which is whack) so while attendance is the way through public school, skilling up, paring down, pacing exposure, and embracing ambiguity seems like the way through iris","G":"CK\\tKUPCy"},{"C":"'L_]*ok>l","A":"glossary","D":"glossary","E":1743034964739,"F":"[โค๏ธ](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/person) a [[person|ambiguity]] is an [[observer|foundational_beliefs]] who makes choices\n \n[๐งก](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choice) [[choice]] is a [commitment](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commit) to a memory\n \n[๐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/text) [[text]] is a [stuff](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stuff) of choice\n \n[๐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypertext) [[hypertext|communication]] is prediction of [external](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/external) text\n \n[๐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/memory) [[memory]] is the [[observed|foundational_beliefs]]. I forget what memory is\n \n[๐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meta-) [[metastuff|c0]] is internal choice*\n\n*eg. commitment of memory to text","H":"md","I":1748391752910,"G":"CK\\tKUPCy"},{"C":"+b$=scvTS","A":"syntax","D":"syntax","E":1743290147715,"F":"[syntax](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/syntax) is the sub[[text]] of the connection, [[separation]], and arrangement of [[text]]. in essence, syntax is the meaning of text that [[glossary]] leaves out\n โ \ntext is the nuclear unit of a [[Page|pagination]]\n โ \na Page is a nuclear unit of [[curriculum]]: [[curriculum index ๐|c0]] is a nucleus of [[curriculum disco โค๏ธ|c1]] is a nucleus of [[curriculum consensus ๐งก|c2]] is a nucleus of [[curriculum impulsus ๐|c3]] is a nucleus of [[curriculum memoria ๐|c4]] and so on*\n โ \na curriculum is a nucleon of iris, an atomic encyclopedia\n โ \natomic encyclopedias are the nucleons of [[scholecule]]\n\nanything under this line, and most stuff outside the alphabet, mark [[hypertext|glossary]], as do capitalized letters, fonts, and links. hypertext can clarify English subtext without otherwise affecting text. [[links|c0]] without the superscript reference iris, [links](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNtSAQHNONo) with the superscript reference text beyond iris\n โ \nconditionals connect predictions, stating that if the former is true, the following is also true\n \nampersands and line breaks also connect predictions\n & \nconditionals or ampersands on their own line separate groups of connected predictions\n
\n[[PS|postscript]] postscripts are diversions and afterthoughts, disconnected from the rest of the Page","I":1748584465156,"H":"md","G":"CK\\tKUPCy"},{"C":"qaH?s}T2I","A":"memory","D":"memory","E":1744087448708,"F":"[[memory is observable|glossary]] & [[observation happens|foundational_beliefs]]\n โ \n[memory](https://tidal.com/browse/track/279323826?u) separates [[observer|glossary]] from [[observed|glossary]]\n & \nmemory accounts for observation\n\na pretentious word for memory is [consciousness](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consciousness)","I":1748582812969,"H":"md","G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"uNq5ypPTd","A":"observation","D":"observation","E":1743718175895,"H":"md","I":1748462116755,"F":"[[observation is overwhelming|foundational_beliefs]] & [[memory]] separates past and present โ observation is limited to the present moment\n โ \n[[the present moment is explosive|prediction]]\n โ \n[[observation is automatic|choice]] & communication is separate from [[observation]]\n โ \n[[evidence of relevant concepts like identity, conscience, mind, life, self, are not communicable|certainty]]\n\nself observation is looking for the boundaries of identity: [[noticing human tendency to talk about their body in the third person, observable separation between eyeballs and other sense organs, or loci of identity|dichotomy]], [[distractions|trichotomy]], [[motion blur|polychotomy]]. self observation helps form an identity with whom to progress to [[cocurriculum|c2]]\n \nPS a mind palace is a routine of observing sequences of memories of direct observations. works well with analogous routines, like daily commutes through a sequence of rooms and landscapes. seems like a strong candidate exercise for self observation that separates memory into discrete skills and identities","G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"{bWj[NdVQ","A":"certainty","D":"certainty","E":1743146623809,"F":"[[evidence of identity, conscience, mind, life, self, are not communicable|observation]] & strategic communication can simulate certainty\n โ \ncertainty is a skill of [[prediction]]\n\nPS certainty is most easily experienced by means of (direct) observation without interpretation & perfectly accurate communication of direct observation is impossible by definition โ [[observation without interpretation is possibly certain|foundational_beliefs]]","H":"md","I":1748462207266,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"_3J1?e}6h","A":"scholecule","D":"scholecule","E":1744138095420,"F":"misalignment is possible\n\n[[curriculum consensus|c3]] & [[access]]\n โ \n[[iris is fungible|tutorial]] in case observers really are plural, separate, and interested in alignment. encyclopedias in discourse is scholecule. scholecule is a platform for boundarycraft and building collective force through study\n \nPS collective force emerges from alignment, which, on this scale, is supported by historical situation (eg. occupied territory โ discuss land acknowledgment), boundarycraft (eg. discuss plans and corresponding access needs), action (eg. discuss encyclopedias, accommodate access needs)","H":"md","I":1748374036842,"G":"%0w.\"_zAY"},{"C":";$\\9\\_XVd","A":"curriculum","D":"curriculum","E":1745084717919,"F":"[[๐|c0]]โ[[โค๏ธ|c1]]โ[[๐งก|c2]]โ[[๐|c3]]โ[[๐|c4]]โ[[๐|syntax]]\n โ \ncurriculum is a [[sequence]] of [[choice]]s to translate observation to [[text]]\n โ \ncurriculum is optional","G":"CK\\tKUPCy","H":"md","I":1748581479036},{"C":"Dl|Zโ \n[[observation is possible|more_assumptions]]\n โ \n#### B\n[[observation happens|foundational_beliefs]]\n โ \n[[observation separates observer from observed|foundational_beliefs]]\n โ \n[[observation is ambiguous|foundational_beliefs]] & [[memory accounts for ambiguity|memory]] & [[curriculum]] is explosive\n โ \n[[observation is overwhelming|ambiguity]]\n โ \n#### C\n[[people communicate in anticipation of certainty|text]] โค๏ธ\n โ ","G":"CK\\tKUPCy","H":"md","I":1747081311667},{"C":"yy3gO_(.6","A":"cause","D":"cause","E":1743526616689,"F":"\nYou can search Your [[memory]] and choose a [[prediction]] โ You are committed to the past \n โ \n\"cue and response\" has just as much explanatory power as \"cause and effect\": both are unfalsifiable speculation\n โ \nchoice is another word effect used to assign responsibility to people","H":"md","I":1748372629135,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"VpP\"3v33[","A":"access","D":"access","E":1744324512266,"F":"[access](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access) is the [[power]] to observe and choose complication (or explosion) over complexity, reducing [[ambiguity]] to a tolerably safe level\n & \nobservation is complex & complexity is ambiguous complication โ ambiguity's more precise alternative is explosion\n โ \n[[A|index]] โ observation is not guaranteed & access is limited by memory\n \n[[C|index]] โ access needs correspond to prediction & alignment is central to iris\n โ \niris needs universal [[communication]] to function accessibly\n\n[[negotiating access is a basic solution to misalignment|conflict]]\n & \nmilitating access is a basic solution to abuse and crisis (to explore in [[polycurriculum|c3]], for now: [read joyful militancy](https://joyfulmilitancy.com/) )\n
\nPS a [[Page|pagination]] is universally designed when it can be fully [[contextualized|text]] and \"[[combusted|tutorial]]\", even if only by [[other encyclopedias|scholecule]]","G":"BYKGt0.uF","H":"md","I":1748458366452},{"C":"c*Rt&lQ&%","A":"You","D":"you","E":1744327383204,"F":"[[observation is overwhelming|ambiguity]]\n โ \nYou believe You are observing iris โ You agree with iris' [[foundational beliefs]]\n โ \ncommunication separates [[people|glossary]]\n\nwhat if communication is the root of misalignment?\n \nPS observer accesses a memory (in breath) โ observer communicates the memory as freely as their memory allows (out breath)","H":"md","I":1748372676879,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"n*pZUp690","A":"text","D":"text","E":1744340405580,"F":"[[text|glossary]] is a method of [[communication]] & people communicate in anticipation of [[certainty]]\n โ \na text can be parsed into a [[trichotomy]] of pretext, subtext, and context: pretext is linguistic communication of memory; context, the memory in question; and subtext is the unspoken, metalinguistic communication of said memory\n โ \nsubtext can be [deduced](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deduce) โ pretext and context are certain\n \naccurately predicting context based on pretext and subtext is possible โ trust and memory are strong enough\n \nsubtext and pretext are simultaneous, so if one isn't observed, neither is the other. this makes accurate prediction more luck based โ [[context (memory)|ambiguity]] has so much [[power]], pretext and subtext flows from it in repeatable ways\n\npredicting text is a way to enjoy a little hit of [[social proof]] (and meet [[autocurriculum's win condition|c2]])","H":"md","I":1748459166565,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"3el'Jl9hu","A":"prediction","D":"prediction","E":1744344878049,"F":"You generate [[memory]] now\n โ \nthe past is [fake](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fake#Noun), or at least, only observable by memory, now\n โ \n[[the big bang is still unfolding|sequence]] & a repeatable memory can be predicted as a future moment, and if [[You]] can generate a memory of having made the prediction, and compare it with the memory You predicted, You can see if the prediction is correct\n\n[[combustion|access]], observed as multiplication and complication, is more observable than addition. look for it! fs.blog explains second order thinking, and, importantly, how to articulate predictions, [here](https://fs.blog/second-order-thinking), which makes [[curriculum disco's win condition|c2#observer_is_correctly_predicting_second_order_consequences]] approachable","H":"md","I":1748536210878,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"H{Z9โ \nearning money harvests power\n โ \nspending money forces power around\n\nas far as budgeting goes, it makes sense to take cues from the economy. accumulate enough money to get those basic needs met, then send any spare money to folks in poorer (read: less powerful) countries so they can stretch it for their own specific purposes. then, focus on the specific purposes of folks in political proximity, with whom You can align through communication and observation","G":"I!GZg2tz:","H":"md","I":1748461323053},{"C":"[-41K-O;u","A":"energy","D":"energy","E":1744525373343,"F":"energy is [[separation]] and [[connection]], and possibility\n โ \npeople need energy to make observations and [[power]] to make choices\n\nmaybe [[observation]] is present energy & [[memory]] is past energy & [[money]] is future energy","G":"I!GZg2tz:","H":"md","I":1748461572787},{"C":" aR-mXfVd","A":"social proof","D":"social_proof","E":1744525736113,"F":"[[A|index]] โ facts are a matter of [[consensus|repair]], not truth & dyadic connections between humans are inseparable from the context that connects them\n โ \n[[being with someone else means being observed and committed to text by a huge multitude of people|memory]]\n \nwatching another person's reaction to voluntary behaviour is the only way to make conclusions about the value of that choice. [appeal to popularity is not a fallacy in this case](https://www.fallacyfiles.org/bandwagn.html)\n\na coffee date with a girl from a dating app is a coffee date with a girl and the dating app\n \nbeing well received is being well received by girl and dating app, not just girl\n \ngirl might respond positively or negatively to a joke. social cause and effect can be fun to observe, but a good sense of humour makes it safer. when girl expects ironic pretext in advance of an ironic joke, they're more likely to spend their power enjoying the joke rather criticizing it. positive social response is [attunement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_theory), alignment, harmony. it seems challenging but worthwhile to maintain over time :)","G":"BYKGt0.uF","H":"md","I":1748461012466},{"C":"gsbL&AsWT","A":"personhood","D":"personhood","E":1744559119528,"F":"\nobservation is possible -> observation happens -> observation happens a lot -> observation happens on many occasions -> observation happens across multiple memories -> multiple cases of personhood emerge\n \nPS people are a causal locus -> I like to assign people some responsibility. glossary defines a person as anyone who observes. anything with a sense organ is therefore a personhood. as a foundation for ethics, this circumvents consciousness, a non sequitur concept that white supremacists put a lot of stock into. personhood is a much more practical foundation for ethics, for its consequences are of responsibility. compare that to the possibility that I may be the only conscious agent, and everyone around me might be hypnotized automata. this possibility can take up a lot of memory that is better committed to an ethics of harmony, making observation possible and easy to communicate, for every person's, self included, benefit","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748372783202},{"C":")Q+ _YEi~","A":"ambiguity","D":"ambiguity","E":1744649654884,"F":"[[observation is ambiguous|foundational_beliefs]] & memory accounts for observation\n โ \n[[observation is overwhelming|c0]]","H":"md","I":1748537939098,"G":"B]WPj<,Eq"},{"C":"kp}q'`a}+","A":"choice","D":"choice","E":1744679049622,"F":"behaviour is as automatic as [[observation]] & both are limited by [[access]], and accessed by [[life]]\n โ \nabled [[people|glossary]] are free to choose their alignments โ [[people are responsible for their alignments|alignment]]\n\nall behaviour is impulsive & the only case of choice is one where a cause and effect is conceptualized as a person accessing a range of memories, pausing (or forgoing hesitation), and then acting out an effect of the intersubjective [[search]] we call reality\n โ \nto earn Your personhood, take responsibility for a choice. start with committing a choice to memory: be alone, self observe, predict what will change with more exposure, connection, or vulnerability, then commit to a boundary of exposure, and decide whether to breach it or not.\n\nheartbeat, laughter, microexpression, observation, volunteering personal information, most and maybe all human behaviours are as automatic as an ant colony's process of gathering a nest and exploring for food โ accepting [[cause and effect|cause]] instead of cue and response entails accepting that free will is fake, and choice is an iteration of evolution, the big bang, or something outside Your control","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748462033615},{"C":"7hs\"M:cW$","A":"sequence","D":"sequence","E":1744739113573,"F":"[[the big bang is unfolding|prediction]]\n โ \nthe present moment is a consequence of the past\n & \nthe past, present, and future form a sequence\n\ntime is a sequence (or a hodgepodge) of observations, maybe the first metaphysical claim to follow from [[separation]]","H":"md","I":1748457057078,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"gsBRT\\puv","A":"communication","D":"communication","E":1744502418246,"F":"[[truly accessible atomic encyclopedia can only defer and refer to a growing, changing, accessible media|iris]] & [[curriculum]] communicates with [[text]], a media that only changes and grows\n โ \ntranslating English text becomes increasingly complicated as people learn language their own way\n \nwithout intervention, communication becomes inaccessible\n โ \n[redefining words](https://fallacyfiles.org/redefine.html) is an intervention in the evolution of language, an act of memetic warfare\n \nswitching from a redefined word to its simplest, and most familiar alternative can serve the same purpose\n โ \nreferring to [wiktionary.org](https://wiktionary.org) is a peaceful way of clarifying a word's meaning\n \n[[glossary]] is a violent way of clarifying a word's meaning\n\nI hope [[glossary]], [[syntax]], and [wiktionary](https://wiktionary.org) make iris easier, not harder to understand and translate into [okulo](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/okulo), [ุนูู](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86), [็ผ](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9C%BC), [xฬฑรกngii](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/x%CC%B1%C3%A1ngii), [ojo](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ojo), and so on\n
\nPS I love English, [[but I plan to learn more languages|status_update]] โ implicit beliefs contaminate English with fallacy, snobbery, and [trashing](https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/trashing.htm). when I have direct experience with the context that is foreign language, I can compare the different intersubjectivities languages reinforce, which might better serve my epistemology and make iris more accessible <3\n
\nPPS [communication](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/communicate) is a pretentious word for [translation](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/translate)","H":"md","I":1748459482381,"G":"BYKGt0.uF"},{"C":"@'yG#G4+Q","A":"power","D":"power","E":1743526786667,"F":"I do not know what power is, just let me withdraw consent. read [[access]] and [[memory]] for a clue\n\nYuval Noah Harari criticizes Marxism as a lens that only sees the world in terms of power. but indeed, power, often euphemized as [[energy]], animates life, and dictates whether consent can be persuasively withdrawn. power therefore has foundational influence & certainty is the analogue for power in iris โ certainty is a violent force\n & \nYNH is correct in that life is more than just power: it is also possibility, that which can be taken away by violence. storyline plays a role in alignment by making separate people, who enjoy the same storyline, mutually predictable. storyline is not a chicken or egg situation: before stories existed, a powerful person spoke and then their words went viral & [[assumptions]] and [[beliefs]] are analogue for storyline in iris\n โ \nassumptions and beliefs power boundarycraft & [feather wiki](https://feather.wiki) \"powers\" iris & memory powers choice\n \n(see [Nexus'](https://www.ynharari.com/book/nexus/) final chapter and epilogue for Harari's take. he also has good words on stories in an earlier chapter)","H":"md","I":1748461672182,"G":"I!GZg2tz:"},{"C":"Az,yb]wlY","A":"Marx","D":"marx","E":1743527087546,"F":"\nMarxism is like Newtonism or Christianity in that a random assortment of beliefs (whose only binding agent is a dead person who allegedly shared them) is assigned a religious context.\n โ \nupdating and abandoning each of Marx's ideas on a case by case basis, is better long term strategy than reacting to evangelical reactionaries with equally dogmatic takes\n\ninspired by Chomsky's take in [Understanding Power](http://understandingpower.org), Chapter 7, Header \"Marxist 'Theory' and Intellectual Fakery\"","H":"md","I":1748374217546,"G":"I!GZg2tz:"},{"C":"c6@OpbYC{","A":"futures","D":"futures","E":1745019956288,"F":"\n[[memory]] echoes past observations in the present, and maybe even gives [[people|personhood]] a sense of [[choice]] and [[future|sequence]]\n \nPS a salient example of future conscience is nervousness: the nervous system is very active during a nervous moment, usually crashing down on the vibes in some way or another, but generating memories of threat or aversive observations from the past only manifesting in the present as apprehension of a hypothetical future. weird! do other species have this experience, or is it just humans? pre1.0 Minecraft really reinforces this experience with the emerging from a cave after night time. Steve is scared of the dark because of zombies, skeletons, and creepers, but also nervous about creepers at the break of dawn, when the urge to go outside is marginal","H":"md","I":1748374230940,"G":"I!GZg2tz:"},{"C":"u@s*|T3#;","A":"separation","D":"separation","E":1745701568762,"F":"\nobservation separates person from memory & quantity is uncertain\n โ \nchoice is limited by options and a person's awareness of the options & the present moment is explosive\n โ \nYou can choose how to divide memory based on the options each division yields & human people prefer a certain limit of choices: not too many or too few\n \nPS boundarycraft is a complicated experiment of separation that can reinforce identity and pass autocurriculum. simply answer the question: if I am the observer and the observed is real, where shall I draw the boundary (separation or connection) between observer and observed, or self and other? I'm beginning to prefer exploring my own limits, a softer and less traceable, but more observable memory.","H":"md","I":1748372943883,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"Z`ia\\V>u1","A":"dichotomy","D":"dichotomy","E":1744346717278,"F":"\n##### [[A|index]] โ nothing divides evenly into two equal parts\nโ\ncontrast reveals dichotomy, not binary\n \nboundaries are a metaphysics of quantity โ quantity is uncertain\n โ \nbinary logic is hubristic and reductive & dichotomy has epistemic humility and explanatory power\n โ \nobserving the extremes of darkness and lightness reveals contrast, not opposition โ contrast between any two memories reveals a dichotomy, not a binary\n โ \ncontrast between any three memories reveals a [[trichotomy]]\n \nPS [['โ' is an example of a dichotomy!|syntax]] foundational beliefs illustrate the dichotomy of 'โ' syntax. if nothing is certain, and anything is possible, then anything that follows from the arrow is possible, and not certain. anything at all could therefore follow from the arrow, Authors make the choice. the more the former is so, the more the following is so. this is not a truth claim, but an illustration of observable contrast\n \nPPS Carl Jung said \"no tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.\" this implies contrast, not opposition","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748373969078},{"C":"Th}~U+P_S","A":"trichotomy","D":"trichotomy","E":1744502055810,"F":"[[contrast between any three memories reveals a trichotomy|dichotomy]]\n โ \nobserving the extremes of colour, valence, or ideology reveals contrast between a network of memories, reveals [[polychotomy]]\n\ndiscourse (or dialectics) is an example of trichotomy: point, counterpoint, and synthesis, ie. ultimate intersubjectivity โ trichotomy is the simplest case of choice, boundary, or alignment","H":"md","I":1748373917583,"G":"BYKGt0.uF"},{"C":"2s-l%H77Y","A":"polychotomy","D":"polychotomy","E":1744559287263,"F":"[[contrast between a network of memories reveals polychotomy|trichotomy]]\n โ \nabsence of contrast between a network of memories reveals [[monochotomy]]\n\npolychotomy is complex. washing dishes is an example of polychotomy: observing water, self, and hard, slippery surfaces interact, and predicting the levels of contamination over time spent, in a dishpit. the social boundaries at play are a whole new level of complexity. who washes dishes? when is it clean, when is it finished? it's impossible to conclude. an atomic encyclopedia is reducible to its [[foundational_assumptions]] & hypertext is the force driving iris โ iris will inevitably recurse back into uncertainty โ polychotomy is the simplest case of observation โ memory is life","H":"md","I":1745207347691,"G":"%0w.\"_zAY"},{"C":"|@(X N\\&7","A":"monochotomy","D":"monochotomy","E":1744660475948,"F":"[[absence of contrast between a network of memories reveals monochotomy|polychotomy]]\n โ \nmonochotomy is [[self|dichotomy]] [[observation]]\n\nmonochotomy is simple. death is an example of monochotomy โ an atomic encyclopedia is reducible to its [[foundational_assumptions]] & metastuff is the force driving iris โ iris will inevitably recurse back into certainty โ monochotomy is the simplest case of observation โ observation is death","G":"I!GZg2tz:","H":"md","I":1745687685642},{"C":"S+?)^BTT\"","A":"identity","D":"identity","E":1745728046340,"F":"\nobserving a memory, deciding whether it's self aligned, reinforces identity\n โ \nhypothetical memories can really nail a [[person|personhood]] down: Marshall Rosenberg suggests the template \"I choose this because I want that.*\"\n \n*let \"this\" and \"that\" be an interchangeable memory\n \nPS You can also reinforce Your identity while editing autocurriculum according to Your own preferences and opinions. feel free to share any edits, I'd be curious to see how we are different :)\n \nPPS identity is fallaciously associated with ownership. my body, my memories. these memories are not Yours! You have access to them. this body is not Yours! You are the body. to go a step further: you don't have anything to be ashamed of, or fix. You are the correction","H":"md","I":1748373113584,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":"/XAg31#zP","A":"self","D":"self","E":1745784469841,"F":"\nYour identity is up to You, it is the foundational choice you make in this curriculum. the rest, as far as you know, is automatic, cause and effect, dead, and not yours to take responsibility for\n โ \nstakes are high for knowing where selfhood begins and ends","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748373198577},{"C":"oyFkEHd)=","A":"search","D":"search","E":1745902906190,"F":"\n[the streetlight effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect) [[prevents anything from being certain|foundational_assumptions]]\n -> \njudging others based on what You are capable of observing can only amount to [[assumptions]] or [[beliefs]], not facts\n -> \nYou are no better than anyone else You assign [[personhood]]\n \nfacts are collectively discovered by means of [[social proof]]\n & \n[[You cannot be disabled while in a state of active, full observation|morale]]\n \nPS unfortunately often, full and active observation is inaccessible","G":"BYKGt0.uF","H":"md","I":1748460151407},{"C":"dv=J>\\2v-","A":"ethics","D":"ethics","E":1745903244042,"F":"\nI think uhhh.... Kant restated the golden rule most effectively with the following: You make a [[choice]] -> You ethically permit every person to make that same choice, at least in the situation at hand\n \nthis serves as a foundation for ethics, not morals. maybe [[unicurriculum]] will address morals","G":"%0w.\"_zAY","H":"md","I":1748374083062},{"C":"Um\"u?BTF<","A":"life","D":"life","E":1745904510141,"F":"life is a [[choice]]\n\nI hear [the boundary between life and viruses is also a choice](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-viruses-alive-2004/)","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748461503554},{"C":"T5ysg9Paj","A":"alignment","D":"alignment","E":1746039677453,"F":"[[people are responsible for their alignments|choice]] & [[misalignment is preventable|foundational_assumptions]]\n โ \n[[maintain alignment by finding activities that people with competing needs can access|conflict]]\n\nalignment is consensual boundaries between people. boundaries are limits of [[access]] and [[connection|separation]]","G":"BYKGt0.uF","H":"md","I":1748456964511},{"C":"huO6qu*Bc","A":"needs","D":"needs","E":1746040006316,"F":"crisis is a con[[sequence]] of unmet needs\n\nneeds are intuitive, the stuff of access. maslow's hierarchy, marshall rosenberg's list come to mind ","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748457014768},{"C":"UzV&M//$z","A":"repair","D":"repair","E":1746313365995,"F":"healing is an impossible discussion โ dyadic alignment is unsustainable\n \ndeciding whether or not You are worth healing is relatively easy, only requiring some self alignment (would [[You]] like to get rid of the cancer in your body? what about wounded organs? if you could go on without them, can you assume responsibility?)\n\nnothing that wasn't worth building will be worth maintaining or fixing. burners and builders are misaligned, but they have their own respective niches and can be part of an aligned context, one where a consensus based impulse overpowers democratic stagnation\n โ \nMy working answer to [[polycurriculum's foundational question|c3]]: kill the cancer, keep limping","G":"%0w.\"_zAY","H":"md","I":1748460524211},{"C":"?\\BT<2u(O","A":"genocide","D":"genocide","E":1747078289934,"F":"\n[[A|index]] -> genocide is possible & resurgence is possible","H":"md","I":1748374246412,"G":"I!GZg2tz:"},{"C":"[+FS|zH\\$","A":"conflict","D":"conflict","E":1747079046061,"F":"[[conflict is accessible to people with competing needs|alignment]]\n\nConflict is confronting and threatening, especially when you ignore it. [Conflict bowl](https://medium.com/@camxfree/a-field-guide-to-conflict-bowl-3ae3b0227e20) is an experimental peace-making workshop imported from the southwest. Maybe it will work in Victoria! Let's try it on for size Sunday, June 1, 6pm. If you want to come but feel uncertain, understand that for starters, it makes sense to prioritize low stakes, light hearted conflicts like roommate troubles, tedious disagreements between friends, or even hypotheticals. We want proof of concept, more so than quick results. Showing up informed will go a long way: [join the organizing chatroom](https://signal.group/#CjQKIGrfeI1T7iE4fzGkFJX7qv0Bv9SBUUXj7qtgLoAvENzfEhCG0JUtvsYCBJaXn7Ct75Ua) to ask questions, make access needs known, and plan some delicious aftercare. Please expect to share the space with disabled people, children, strangers, and so on. Ultimately, this will be a challenge that calls for some bravery, compassion, and preparation. Bring your supportive friends, your soft skills, and stop by centennial square on your way for some free food, courtesy of [foodnotbombs](https://www.instagram.com/foodnotbombs_vic), and come for the joy of abolition.\n \n<3","H":"md","I":1748582917774,"G":"%0w.\"_zAY"},{"C":"Ni[S\nmost English speaking human people agree that time passes\n \n[Francesco Cirrilo's Pomodoro Technique](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique) is a boundarycraft for defining timing and focus. the two concepts of time discussed therein are basically spending time, and immersion into a series of moments, atomically bundled into a [[sequence]] called pomodoros.","H":"md","I":1748374144862,"G":"%0w.\"_zAY"},{"C":"2sS+Jv?0c","A":"pagination","D":"pagination","E":1747081352259,"F":"a [Page](https://feather.wiki/?page=create_a_page) is a case of arbitrary separation, no more or less meaningful than the white space between the black squiggly lines that communicate English [[text]]\n & \nan atomic encyclopedia has multiple pages โ one Page makes all other pages invisible\n โ \na Page calls for a specific focus, which makes distraction, misalignment, and confusion more likely\n & \nc0 is for accessible curriculum\n โ \nfinding ways to triage priorities, letting them compete and find symbiotic arrangements offers an answer to c0's foundational question\n โ \nPages compete for attention but by way of [pagination](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pagination), which I describe as triage, or [[syntax]] they can begin to reinforce one another in the observer's [[memory]]\n\nPage size corresponds practically to the limits of an observer's short term memory, which hovers around seven slots.","H":"md","I":1748216770410,"G":"CK\\tKUPCy"},{"C":":5MujgD\\B","A":"odds","D":"odds","E":1747081806899,"F":"[[observation is inaccessible|c0]] & [[anything is possible|foundational_assumptions]]\n โ \nmemory can be separated into accessible possibilities by calculating the odds of something being worthy of current focus","H":"md","I":1748584410542,"G":"I0m>:}}Qa"},{"C":";\\p~*yc-~","A":"morale","D":"morale","E":1747361349183,"F":"\nobservation enables [[search]] & accounting for a group of three or more is very difficult, but morale is a simple enough metric to attune to\n โ \nthe amount of perceptible morale in a room correlates to the total observant attention of the people in the [[room]]","G":"%0w.\"_zAY","H":"md","I":1748460198783},{"C":"10jO='C#$","A":"room","D":"room","E":1747361576392,"F":"\n[[search]] is limited by distance & observation is ambiguous\n โ \na room limits boundaries ambiguously\n \nPS I like to leave a room better than I found it, but before I can be sure I did that I have decide when I'm transitioning between rooms. (Or places.) I like to go with doors and doorframes, when I can, and just ignore the fact that I can see through windows, imagine them as mirrors or something. Disambiguating these boundaries is a practice that can refine a mind palace. ","G":"%0w.\"_zAY","H":"md","I":1748460177795},{"C":"h>m+&mL>k","A":"connection","D":"connection","E":1748457106477,"F":"\n[[syntax]] makes an [[arbitrary distinction|energy]] between separation and connection, but both are an equal and opposite product of the same [[foundational assumptions]]","G":"I0m>:}}Qa","H":"md","I":1748461419213},{"C":"]Na?i$dQD","A":"postscript on existence","D":"postscript","E":1748583210221,"F":"some English words do not carry their metaphorical weight:\n\n[existence](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exist) is a [circular](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circular) [concept](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/concept). other dictionaries differ, but wiktionary currently says 'existence' is \"the state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.\" aside from the fact that it uses the word existing to define existence:\n \n[being](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/being) currently links directly back to existence, in the second and third senses of the noun.\n \nI'm not touching \"beinghood.\"\n \n[occurring](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/occur) is a bit more real. it links to happening, which I currently use in [[foundational beliefs]]. happening = is observable. am I euphemizing existence, or focusing attention on the observable?\n \nI will just salvage 'happening' and 'reality' from this whole mess, and leave the rest to rot.\n \nwiktionary's [exist](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exist) invokes reality, which is \"being actual\". so, maybe that saves the concept. I would be down to articulate an intersubjective reality where stuff happens in terms of memory. When I say \"observation happens\", I intuit that saying \"memory is ambiguous\" closes a circle somewhere in space\n \n๐ป","H":"md","I":1748669046396}],"K":{},"L":false,"M":true,"N":"[+FS|zH\\$","_":{"A":"name","B":"desc","C":"id","D":"slug","E":"cd","F":"content","G":"parent","H":"editor","I":"md","J":"pages","K":"img","L":"static","M":"published","N":"home"}}