The free association thread
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:24 pm
The free association thread
Perhaps for bringing those tantalisingly diffuse concepts into focus. Perhaps for humour. Perhaps entirely useless. Perhaps for laying ourselves bare. I can't help but think that with a little bit of code there's an easier way of doing this but for now, an example:
who decides?
expert
Father figure
scholar/proven/tenured/monied/popular/successful
approved
decision making process
who do I respect?
Why? kind/good/skilful/adept/competent/humorous/artful/influential/loving/careful/reckless/impulsive?
what would they think?
what weight do I give to opinions by such and such?
who influences me?
deference channels/paths ====> inherit energy
systems of deference ----> unidirectional/multidirectional?
to whom do I defer?
Mediated response/multitudes/plastic/deformation/mould-able/saying mantras?
Why do I defer?
Why?
More knowledge/experience/ kinder/ wiser/proven/more accurate/better arguments?
Proven ----- how?
Wiser ---- why?
Knowledge ---- what is knowledge?
experience ---- credulous?
Accuracy ---- need some kind of tool to assess!
better arguments? Sophistry, cater to needs/desires/expectations/world view/cultural constructs
Realistic/realist/predatory/honest (why?) nature/cultured/desire/wanting/stuff/needs/wants/direction/indoctrination/bias/beliefs/hopes/expectation
do i notice? do i perceive the values underlying the concepts I use to decide?
What do I value?
Kind/protecting/creative/ humorous/ tough/reasonable/open to --- argument/alternatives?
reminds me of someone? Comfortable.
Family? Neighbour?
makes me feel inferior/superior
ashamed of my ignorance/proud of my 'knowledge'/included/insider/excluded/outsider
binary/multiplicity <---- binary multiplier
afraid to appear foolish/arrogant/imposter/proud
X knows best
who is x, how decided?
how does power flow?
paths of least resistance/greatest potential
what tethers me? Fascinates me? What is fascination?
Fasces - Fasces (/ˈfæsiːz/, Latin pronunciation: [ˈfas.keːs], a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning "bundle")[1] is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate's power and jurisdiction. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry, it is present on an older design of the United States ten cent coin and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, it is used as the symbol of a number of Italian syndicalist groups, including the Unione Sindacale Italiana, and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term fascism is derived).
"to fascinate", according to the Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, derives from the Latin "fascinare" and has three meanings: 1. Deceive, to hallucinate, obfuscate. / 2. Attract irresistibly / 3. Make evil eye.
deference pathways/to whom does my assent travel?
Atrocity ---- action ---reaction----event---action/reaction
perception/reality
recognition/response/reaction/action
why?
Perhaps for bringing those tantalisingly diffuse concepts into focus. Perhaps for humour. Perhaps entirely useless. Perhaps for laying ourselves bare. I can't help but think that with a little bit of code there's an easier way of doing this but for now, an example:
who decides?
expert
Father figure
scholar/proven/tenured/monied/popular/successful
approved
decision making process
who do I respect?
Why? kind/good/skilful/adept/competent/humorous/artful/influential/loving/careful/reckless/impulsive?
what would they think?
what weight do I give to opinions by such and such?
who influences me?
deference channels/paths ====> inherit energy
systems of deference ----> unidirectional/multidirectional?
to whom do I defer?
Mediated response/multitudes/plastic/deformation/mould-able/saying mantras?
Why do I defer?
Why?
More knowledge/experience/ kinder/ wiser/proven/more accurate/better arguments?
Proven ----- how?
Wiser ---- why?
Knowledge ---- what is knowledge?
experience ---- credulous?
Accuracy ---- need some kind of tool to assess!
better arguments? Sophistry, cater to needs/desires/expectations/world view/cultural constructs
Realistic/realist/predatory/honest (why?) nature/cultured/desire/wanting/stuff/needs/wants/direction/indoctrination/bias/beliefs/hopes/expectation
do i notice? do i perceive the values underlying the concepts I use to decide?
What do I value?
Kind/protecting/creative/ humorous/ tough/reasonable/open to --- argument/alternatives?
reminds me of someone? Comfortable.
Family? Neighbour?
makes me feel inferior/superior
ashamed of my ignorance/proud of my 'knowledge'/included/insider/excluded/outsider
binary/multiplicity <---- binary multiplier
afraid to appear foolish/arrogant/imposter/proud
X knows best
who is x, how decided?
how does power flow?
paths of least resistance/greatest potential
what tethers me? Fascinates me? What is fascination?
Fasces - Fasces (/ˈfæsiːz/, Latin pronunciation: [ˈfas.keːs], a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning "bundle")[1] is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate's power and jurisdiction. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry, it is present on an older design of the United States ten cent coin and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, it is used as the symbol of a number of Italian syndicalist groups, including the Unione Sindacale Italiana, and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term fascism is derived).
"to fascinate", according to the Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, derives from the Latin "fascinare" and has three meanings: 1. Deceive, to hallucinate, obfuscate. / 2. Attract irresistibly / 3. Make evil eye.
deference pathways/to whom does my assent travel?
Atrocity ---- action ---reaction----event---action/reaction
perception/reality
recognition/response/reaction/action
why?