tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post8149765074184039098..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Boiling candy flossUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-9095313693843048402016-12-30T17:20:09.086+00:002016-12-30T17:20:09.086+00:00Exactly. We can all give answers, though they may ...Exactly. We can all give answers, though they may not be the only or the right ones, but given 3,445 words I think we could at least make a consistent argument sans fog.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-12966759572470624282016-12-30T16:51:07.226+00:002016-12-30T16:51:07.226+00:00I could cheerfully respond to all of those for mys...I could cheerfully respond to all of those for myself, but I'm b******d if I'm going to try to answer for Girard / Thiel !<br /><br /><i>o-oh, wait a minute Ted, I didn't know that after you've had one big idea, you have to follow it up with lots of little ideas!</i> (Dougal Maguire) <br /><br />(PS you might add 1.b - Does it apply to all desires?)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-41377867851338129972016-12-30T16:18:37.084+00:002016-12-30T16:18:37.084+00:00Slogan: "Don't blame the rich for screwin...Slogan: "Don't blame the rich for screwing you"?<br /><br />From your summation, I would question:<br /><br />1. Do humans merely desire what others desire, for that reason? Does this apply to all humans?<br />2. Does making someone a scapegoat stop rivalry?<br />3. How does this apply to "social media"?<br />4. Are religions in decline, generally?<br />5. Are religions essentially the same from the point of view of their societal function?<br />6. What exactly is the supposed societal function of a religion?<br />7. How does "scapegoating" become a ritual act?<br />8. Is a ritual act the same as a symbolic act?<br />9. Is religion engineered to produce certain results?<br />10. Has "sublimation" now been established as a fact, rather than a psychological theory?<br />11. What would developers of technology do to "sublimate scapegoating tendencies"? What would it look like, in practice?<br /><br />This is why I look for short words, carefully explained.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-29449369661783814662016-12-30T15:57:29.636+00:002016-12-30T15:57:29.636+00:00OK, here's the <70 ...
Humans desire thing...OK, here's the <70 ...<br /><br /><b><i>Humans desire things because others desire those things – leading to rivalry, resentment and ultimately conflict. A successful early formulation for containing the potential for disruptively violent rivalry was scapegoating. All these dynamics are at work in social media. Developers of technology need to accomplish something comparable to what religions (long in decline) have done to address the societal threats: sublimination of scapegoating tendencies into ritual, symbolic acts.</i></b><br /><br />join in the search for further reduction! - to handy slogan-form Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-16813223544557835542016-12-30T15:53:49.051+00:002016-12-30T15:53:49.051+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-25872292739591370442016-12-28T17:15:45.432+00:002016-12-28T17:15:45.432+00:00look forward to seeing any holiday-project submiss...look forward to seeing any holiday-project submissions to Sackers' challenge!<br /><br />my first effort (above) is 238 words, =7%. After the family have visited I'll do one under 70 (=2%). Then we'll see if we can sloganise the result.<br /><br />important note: it will be a distillation of what I've already brewed which, (as already confessed to Sackers), is only what I understand to be the main theme. There were two minor sub-themes I eradicated along the way - well almost: only the faintest echoes remain. This shouldn't unduly influence others who may very properly prefer a different *emphasis* (to hark back to an earlier thread ...) Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-85376989144101724762016-12-28T09:55:35.687+00:002016-12-28T09:55:35.687+00:00they are couched in that horrid jumble of jargon f...they are couched in that horrid jumble of jargon from sociology, psychology, Marxism etc <br /><br />Indeed.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-80916430817946547772016-12-28T09:24:20.468+00:002016-12-28T09:24:20.468+00:00Great - I need never think again.Great - I need never think again.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-89747720313054280582016-12-28T09:07:41.142+00:002016-12-28T09:07:41.142+00:00Sorry! Here's a link to the PTG - at the botto...Sorry! Here's a link to the PTG - at the bottom is a link to the Sokal hoax<br /><br />http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/pomo/Trofimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425549728612125795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-14796254200600111242016-12-28T09:00:41.423+00:002016-12-28T09:00:41.423+00:00Thanks for the links!Thanks for the links!Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-5913618507441912802016-12-28T08:38:56.226+00:002016-12-28T08:38:56.226+00:00The Sokal hoax should be a compulsory feature of a...The Sokal hoax should be a compulsory feature of all university education, or even earlier, as should use of the Postmodern Text Generator.<br />If you're unfamiliar with the latter, look at the bottom of the page.Trofimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425549728612125795noreply@blogger.com