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> What phenomenon is driving this? Read Davidson/Rees-Mogg: Sovereign Individual (1999) Basic thesis: violence's utility declines in the information age. The

> What phenomenon is driving this? Read Davidson/Rees-Mogg: Sovereign Individual (1999) Basic thesis: violence's utility declines in the information age. The institutions that are built on it, like nation states, go through a phase of decline and decay, during which they make rather more arbitrary use of force in a desperate attempt to resist obsolescence.

partomniscient 5y ago
Co-written by the guy who fell asleep in parliament. Is he named Jacob or William. What is this bullshit? It's just like Boris. I mean Alexander. Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson. Jacob William Rees-Mogg. How are we governed by people who can't even consistently name themselves? Or are they going for plausible deniability?
- sk0g 5y ago
  Don't know about you mate, but I didn't get an input when my parents named me. Attacking someone for their name is a flimsy stand. If they have done something dodgy, that would go much further to supporting any argument you may be making.
  - partomniscient 5y ago
    Its not their particular name. It's their inconsistency in using it. I think previous iterations of existence use names to transfer karmic information for individuals, but we're now at the point that the system is understood well enough by the systemised to game the system itself. I often wonder about the importance of naming things. Its also a key problem in Computer Science. Namespacing is useful up to a point. Value can change depending on context. In the first season of The Crown they make you notice that the Queen double 'Elizabeth'ed herself. But if the value the name had no longer applies given the actions of the namee carrying out other actions instead, is the name still meaningful or valid or just historically valid or muddled? I think there's more going on here than you think.
    - rjsw 5y ago
      There is no inconsistency. William Rees-Mogg, the co-author of the suggested book, was the father of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
      - partomniscient 5y ago
        Ah, thanks for clearing that up - I didn't research/clarify enough before posting. My apologies to you and them. I'm so worried about them shuffling names around to suit circumstances I err'd on the wrong side. As an outcast (Australian) trying to look in from far away its frightfully confusing. I mean there's that Saxe-Coburg thing for a start... 'Boris' still annoys the crap out of me though. Does the UK also have an 'actor' as its prime minister? Is he intentionally mishandling umbrella's or not? At least Ronald Reagan was already 'out' as an actor. I deserved the downvotes, but I have learned. My point about naming things is still completely valid though. It's hard to have the 'right amount of name' without causing confusion.

partomniscient 5y ago

Co-written by the guy who fell asleep in parliament. Is he named Jacob or William. What is this bullshit? It's just like Boris. I mean Alexander. Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson. Jacob William Rees-Mogg. How are we governed by people who can't even consistently name themselves? Or are they going for plausible deniability?

sk0g 5y ago
Don't know about you mate, but I didn't get an input when my parents named me. Attacking someone for their name is a flimsy stand. If they have done something dodgy, that would go much further to supporting any argument you may be making.
- partomniscient 5y ago
  Its not their particular name. It's their inconsistency in using it. I think previous iterations of existence use names to transfer karmic information for individuals, but we're now at the point that the system is understood well enough by the systemised to game the system itself. I often wonder about the importance of naming things. Its also a key problem in Computer Science. Namespacing is useful up to a point. Value can change depending on context. In the first season of The Crown they make you notice that the Queen double 'Elizabeth'ed herself. But if the value the name had no longer applies given the actions of the namee carrying out other actions instead, is the name still meaningful or valid or just historically valid or muddled? I think there's more going on here than you think.
  - rjsw 5y ago
    There is no inconsistency. William Rees-Mogg, the co-author of the suggested book, was the father of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
    - partomniscient 5y ago
      Ah, thanks for clearing that up - I didn't research/clarify enough before posting. My apologies to you and them. I'm so worried about them shuffling names around to suit circumstances I err'd on the wrong side. As an outcast (Australian) trying to look in from far away its frightfully confusing. I mean there's that Saxe-Coburg thing for a start... 'Boris' still annoys the crap out of me though. Does the UK also have an 'actor' as its prime minister? Is he intentionally mishandling umbrella's or not? At least Ronald Reagan was already 'out' as an actor. I deserved the downvotes, but I have learned. My point about naming things is still completely valid though. It's hard to have the 'right amount of name' without causing confusion.