my answer to that is that i`m able to cope with my shit, thanks.

i`m actually staggered at the depth of fear that religion instills in some.

that`s my take julia, for what it`s worth.

as a leader i`ve been called worse than an egotist.

p.d. ouspensky, in his, the psychology of man`s possible evolution, says that most are never more than sleeping and function automatically.

so when the machines wake up we are in an interesting spot…….marvin?

I really like your summary in the box at the top of the page: “A core . . . results.”

That’s from Wikipedia’s entry. The simplicity of it struck me as well.

Some kind of referential mistake there, I think.

Yeah, the tumblelog format leaves a lot to be desired, but I’m exploring alternatives.

Actually, I sort of like the romantic flow of that passage..

Me too, one of the things I like about the tumblelog/clickstream style of capturing annotated data.

It reminds me of Rousseau’s “social contract” philosophy; however, I can’t recall agreeing to any such contract.

Yeah, that’s the problem about that. I also was never consulted on just what the “consensus” was that consensus reality was founded on.

But maybe that’s the opportunity which lies before us: to form those contracts in ourselves, with others and with the technology which surrounds us.

Umm, then I noticed a link to a URL at
http://timboucher.tumblr.com/post/17482972
which attributes Jane Roberts’ quote [“each personality…inner mind.”] to me. Some kind of referential mistake there, I think.

Actually, I sort of like the romantic flow of that passage. It reminds me of Rousseau’s “social contract” philosophy; however, I can’t recall agreeing to any such contract.

To become king, oaths of fealty or other pacts must be instantiated

{See also: Ark of the Covenant}

That makes it all so clear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry

Those systems of government are advocated by people within whom those challenges have been met.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_actualization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets

It’s a universal repeatable process crossing all culture.

I think we just solved the Da Vinci Code!

“Each personality contains an inner civilization of the self which he yearns to govern … The ego rises from the civilization of the psyche just as a leader rises from the masses of the people; appointed, chosen, or taking control according to an inner politics first existing within the greater inner mind.”