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# We get our banned content from the master list at # http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/BannedContent . . .
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Comments on goalsForSociety
I'm so happy to hear you say these things. :) -- [http://lion.taoriver.net/ LionKimbro] 2004-11-24 07:56 . . .
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Comments on opinions-humanity
Buckminster Fuller said (I paraphrase it here) that every baby comes into the world destined to be a . . .
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Notes-postmodernism
Consumer-Friendly Postmodern Cool <http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/shop3.gif> Amazon . . .
8K - last updated 2004-11-21 14:29 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
aboutMe-formative
this list is a list of things which were formative in some way, not a list of things which would be recommended . . .
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books-ideasOfThe20thCentury
note: should be a wiki? only if viewpoint is implemented not an intellectual history seeds of ideas progress . . .
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books-systemsOfClassification
This book could have been titled "mappings from subsets of natural numbers to sets of qualitative descriptions" . . .
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favorites-favoriteNorthKoreaPressReleaseExcerpts
By topic. Within topic, in descending order of awesomeness. The topics are: * The arts * Army-first attitude . . .
51K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:16 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
favorites-formative
this list is a list of things which were formative in some way, not a list of things which would be recommended . . .
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favorites-music
some good bands: aerosmith alice i.c. sabbath deep purple megadeth iron maiden nirvana tower of power . . .
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freeSoftwareProfessorFund
Vasters is correct in being skeptical about earning a living off free software; while it can be done, . . .
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futureProjects-ConspiracyProject
When there is a choice between two mutually incompatible systems of beliefs, how to know which one to . . .
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futureProjects-freeSoftwareProfessorFund
Vasters is correct in being skeptical about earning a living off free software; while it can be done, . . .
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goals
* [Self:goals-toread toread] * [Self:goals-oldindex oldindex] * [Self:goals-projectMomentum projectMomentum] . . .
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goals--index
* [Self:goals-toread toread] * [Self:goals-oldindex oldindex] * [Self:goals-projectMomentum projectMomentum] . . .
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goals-goalsForSociety
== Goals == My overall dream for society would be a place where everyone is nice to each other, where . . .
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goals-oldindex
This section contains goals of mine. * [Self:goals-goalsForSociety goals for society] * [Self:goals-lifeGoals . . .
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goalsForSociety
== Goals == My overall dream for society would be a place where everyone is nice to each other, where . . .
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ideas
* [Self:ideas-information information] * [Self:ideas-voluntarySocialism voluntarySocialism] * [Self:ideas-academia . . .
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ideas--index
* [Self:ideas-information information] * [Self:ideas-voluntarySocialism voluntarySocialism] * [Self:ideas-academia . . .
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ideas-ai-compressionIdeas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize Have a very short token that means 'your first guess is correct', . . .
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ideas-bayeDoleCompulsoryLicensing
The Baye-Dole act says that universities can own the IP from grant-funded research. Perhaps the intent . . .
4K - last updated 2009-10-09 10:39 UTC by BayleShanks
ideas-group-universalEmotionsEmoticons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions_and_culture claims at least 7 universal human emotions (are these . . .
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ideas-group-utopiaCriteria
What are the criteria for a utopia? == 0. Definitions == Define the set of alternatives to a social structure . . .
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ideas-groupDecisionMaking-fluidDemocracy-commentary
== General == Q: Why two legislative bodies, that is, why both the Board and the Forum? A: Any group . . .
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ideas-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitution
Note: most of the procedural and structural elements of this document have been moved into Plan 11. Please . . .
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ideas-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitutionNotes
== Notes == The rest of this document contains notes to myself about other ideas. Much of it is my own . . .
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ideas-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitutionNotes2
why P=17? P has 3 main effects : 1) group sizes of senate , high council 2) group sizes of councils 3) . . .
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ideas-hypotheticalConstitution-intro
Note: this document is under construction! The proposal text is not even a finished draft yet, just parts . . .
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ideas-hypotheticalConstitution-notes
== Notes == The rest of this document contains notes to myself about other ideas. Much of it is my own . . .
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ideas-hypotheticalConstitutionSociety
a society for the discussion of constitutions perhaps they could merge and split and compete for citizens . . .
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ideas-moralityIfThePastEndures
What if it turns out to be physically possible to recover perfect information about past events? This . . .
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ideas-openSourceProfProj
Another aspect to this issue is the funding of open source. Open source, it seems to me, is a "public . . .
2K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:21 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
ideas-philosophy-computationIsNotFree
and exhaustive search is unnatural. And logical operators other than AND are harder to remember. Implications . . .
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ideas-philosophy-ethics-descriptiveEthics-lifestyleLockIn
It seems to me that people do things that they otherwise would not do when they are placed in a position . . .
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ideas-philosophy-ethics-etiquetteAndComputationIsNotFree
Another place where my "Computation is not free" programme might touch is etiquette. Etiquette is particularly . . .
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ideas-philosophy-ethics-lying
i'm considering the idea that it's okay for a human individual to lie under duress or who is personally . . .
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ideas-philosophy-rationality-pillarsOfModernism
== Factual beliefs cannot be unethical, only incorrect == * Belief in a factual/verifiable/objective . . .
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ideas-philosopy-computationIsNotFree
and exhaustive search is unnatural. And logical operators other than AND are harder to remember. Implications . . .
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ideas-philosopy-ethics-etiquetteAndComputationIsNotFree
Another place where my "Computation is not free" programme might touch is etiquette. Etiquette is particularly . . .
4K - last updated 2012-09-03 22:11 UTC by BayleShanks
ideas-philosopy-ethics-lying
i'm considering the idea that it's okay for a human individual to lie under duress or who is personally . . .
7K - last updated 2013-06-27 07:23 UTC by BayleShanks
ideas-philosopy-rationality-pillarsOfModernism
== Factual beliefs cannot be unethical, only incorrect == * Belief in a factual/verifiable/objective . . .
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ideas-philosopy-rationality-pillarsOfModernists
== Factual beliefs cannot be unethical, only incorrect == * Belief in a factual/verifiable/objective . . .
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ideas-politics-recidivismRateContractsForPrisons
A huge problem in our society is that prisons are run with an eye to keep costs low. There is apparently . . .
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ideas-raptureOfTheNerds
The idea of the technological singularity has famously been called the "rapture of the nerds". I have . . .
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ideas-researchAndApplication
A undesirable pattern that I've seen twice now in competitive social systems is: 1) Reward people for . . .
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ideas-shineThroughSatire
In our society, everything is subjected to irony. Due to the way our mass communication system works, . . .
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ideas-speculativeConstitution-intro
Note: this document is under construction! The proposal text is not even a finished draft yet, just parts . . .
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ideas-speculativeConstitution-speculativeConstitution
Note: this document is under construction! See the [Self:ideas-speculativeConstitution-intro introduction]. . . .
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ideas-voluntaryGovernment
so, how could we make a voluntary, non-territorial government that does not conflict with/is not considered . . .
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links
i used to put links i liked on my Stumbleupon, but that was deleted and replaced by Mix.com, and my Mix.com . . .
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links-news
== Daily == * https://news.google.com * http://www.reuters.com/ * http://www.reuters.com/news/technology . . .
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lists-bitsOfLiterature
[sent to Ruadhan] hey i was putting away some books and decided to type in and send you the best part . . .
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lists-classifications
comment on this: I still like some aspects of this stuff, especially tarot and qblh -- I think these . . .
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lists-importantQuestions
== Important questions for humanity == In descending order of priority. The earlier questions tend to . . .
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newsAndPredictions-macro
= Macroscale/long term environmental, social, political, or economic changes = == Timelines == === Century-granularity . . .
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newsAndPredictions-tech
''"...[commenting on a news article]... I see it as a sign of a growing awareness of the big changes . . .
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notes
* [Self:notes-dontPanic dontPanic] * [Self:notes-henryMillersElevenCommandments henryMillersElevenCommandments] . . .
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notes--index
* [Self:notes-dontPanic dontPanic] * [Self:notes-henryMillersElevenCommandments henryMillersElevenCommandments] . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-catChIndex
= Indexing schemes = discuss faceted classification (and heterarchy) --- --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_classification . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-catChInts
= Small integers and some of their properties = == The specialest numbers == 'Numbers to know', and their . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-catChMisc
encyclopedia evaluation: four categories: coverage, accuracy, clarity, and recency -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica#Print_encyclopaedias . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-catChOnto
= Ontologies = note: the medieval idea of the Great Chain of Being was an ontological one, but we cover . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-catChSocial
= Social classes and castes (including fictional) = parent/engineer/warrior from http://www.aleph.se/Nada/Game/Countdown/alien.html . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-classificationsList
comment on this: I still like some aspects of this stuff, especially tarot and qblh -- I think these . . .
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notes-abstract-categorizations-systemsOfClassification
This book could have been titled "mappings from subsets of natural numbers to sets of qualitative descriptions" . . .
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notes-abstract-classificationsList
comment on this: I still like some aspects of this stuff, especially tarot and qblh -- I think these . . .
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notes-abstract-ideasOfThe20thCentury
note: should be a wiki? only if viewpoint is implemented not an intellectual history seeds of ideas progress . . .
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notes-abstract-myIndex
working on re-indexing this website notes and ideas: intro contents, about me, meta library science ontology? . . .
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notes-abstract-systemsOfClassification
This book could have been titled "mappings from subsets of natural numbers to sets of qualitative descriptions" . . .
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notes-academicPeople
=== The seeming* irrationality of individual researchers === before i entered academia, i imagined that . . .
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notes-ai-compressionIdeas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize Have a very short token that means 'your first guess is correct', . . .
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notes-bayeDoleCompulsoryLicensing
The Baye-Dole act says that universities can own the IP from grant-funded research. Perhaps the intent . . .
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notes-books-artOfTheStart
The Art of the Start By Guy Kawasaki My review: I haven't yet started a company so I can't tell you if . . .
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notes-books-eMyth
need to know about: finance, marketing, management, operations "contrary to popular belief, my experience . . .
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notes-books-effectiveExecutive
== The Effective Executive by Drucker == See also [[notes-books-effectiveExecutiveDetails]]. == Preface . . .
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notes-books-effectiveExecutiveDetails
== The Effective Executive by Drucker == == Preface == "Effectiveness as an executive...consists of a . . .
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notes-books-parliamentaryLawForTheLayman
== Notes from O'Brien, Parliamentary Law for the Layman == Chapter II, section I of O'Brien, Parliamentary . . .
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notes-books-parliamentaryProcedureToolOfLeadership
notes from parliamentary procedure: tool of leadership by King Broadrick examples of bad things that . . .
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notes-books-peopleware
== Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister == == the basic strategy == " * get the right ppl * make . . .
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notes-business-valueOfIdeas
I often hear that ideas are valueless, execution is everything. I know nothing about business, so take . . .
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notes-cog-ai-compressionIdeas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutter_Prize Have a very short token that means 'your first guess is correct', . . .
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notes-cog-ai-machineLearning-neuralNets
== intro == * http://iamtrask.github.io/2015/07/12/basic-python-network/? * https://scrimba.com/g/gneuralnetworks . . .
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notes-cog-arch
Lists of cognitive architectures and relevant thoughts * Soar * Act * Protoge * Minsky's society of . . .
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notes-cog-ccog-academicPeople
=== The seeming* irrationality of individual researchers === before i entered academia, i imagined that . . .
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notes-cog-linguistics
== interesting linguistics == http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_language i would prefer a language . . .
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notes-conLangsWordsAndConcepts
== common words that might deserve symbolic abbreviation == what is the list of common words that has . . .
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notes-cults
== Possible diagnostic signs of cults == Many of these criteria are met by mainstream governments and . . .
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notes-cults2
http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/articles/BITE.htm I. Behavior Control 1. Regulation of individual's . . . Witnesses, also commonly referred to as the "Society" (a term used both in the WT as well as the . . .
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notes-econ-capitalismFlaws
(i like capitalism but it's not perfect) ways in which capitalism is inhumane 1) the optimal degree of . . .
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notes-econ-inequalityAndConcentratedBets
one thing that seems odd about the economy is that rich people with powerful jobs are paid so much more . . .
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notes-econ-islamicBanking
Based mostly on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking . Islamic banking tries to avoid: * riba, . . .
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notes-education-curriculumProposal
Here is my proposal for a primary education curriculum. == Overview == I think there are two main problems . . .
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notes-failureModesOfRevolutions
Revolutions happen occasionally, and often lead to tragic ends when they succeed. I think it would be . . .
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notes-finance
* [Self:notes-finance-financeAndSociety financeAndSociety] * [Self:notes-finance-brokers brokers] * [Self:notes-finance-portfolios . . .
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notes-finance--index
* [Self:notes-finance-financeAndSociety financeAndSociety] * [Self:notes-finance-brokers brokers] * [Self:notes-finance-portfolios . . .
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notes-finance-financeAndSociety
havent read this yet, toread: "...there is a research to suggest that application of mathematics to finance . . .
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notes-finance-financeNotes
more things that finance is 'about' (eg the core compentencies of financial institutions, and the value . . .
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notes-fun-bitsOfLiteratureList
(sent to a friend) hey i was putting away some books and decided to type in and send you the best part . . .
9K - last updated 2016-10-06 23:43 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-fun-favoriteMusic
some good bands: aerosmith alice i.c. sabbath deep purple megadeth iron maiden nirvana tower of power . . .
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notes-group-discussionForumCommunityGuidelines
Most discussion forums eventually find that they need to have some guidelines or rules. But if there . . .
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notes-group-discussionForumCommunityGuidelines4
https://github.com/ossu/code-of-conduct " OSSU provides an environment where all learners and contributors . . .
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notes-group-universalEmotionsEmoticons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions_and_culture claims at least 7 universal human emotions (are these . . .
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notes-group-utopiaCriteria
What are the criteria for a utopia? == 0. Definitions == Define the set of alternatives to a social structure . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-decentralismCentralismCentripetalism
Notes on http://www.bu.edu/sthacker/files/2012/01/Normative-Models-of-Democratic-Governance-Decentralism-Centralism-and-Centripetalism.pdf . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-fluidDemocracy-commentary
== General == Q: Why two legislative bodies, that is, why both the Board and the Forum? A: Any group . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-genericExecutiveTeam
== Preface == So i was looking at lists of departments, org charts, etc, and trying to see if there is . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-holacracy
== intro == http://www.holacracy.org/sites/default/files/resources/Holacracy-OrganizationInMotion_1.pdf . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-liquidRepublic-commentary
== General == Q: Why two legislative bodies, that is, why both the Board and the Forum? A: Any group . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-od2003Notes
The conference website is at http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/style/Seminar.html. The agenda is at http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/style/agenda.html. . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-universalDelegateStructure
== Preface == So i was looking at lists of departments, org charts, etc, and trying to see if there is . . .
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notes-history-historyMisc
--- Why did Europe take over the world? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence ) I am not a . . .
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notes-history-ideasOfThe20thCentury
note: should be a wiki? only if viewpoint is implemented not an intellectual history seeds of ideas progress . . .
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notes-history-summary-beginningOfHumanityAndCivilization
This collection of notes is part of [Self:notes-history-summary-histContents]. == Humanity == "Anatomically . . .
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notes-history-summary-histChEuropeEarlyModern
This collection of notes is part of [Self:notes-history-summary-histContents]. thru ~1650 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Renaissance . . .
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notes-history-summary-histChEuropeLateModern
This collection of notes is part of [Self:notes-history-summary-histContents]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism . . .
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notes-history-summary-histChLateModernEurope
This collection of notes is part of [Self:notes-history-summary-histContents]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism . . .
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notes-history-summary-histChTech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_scholarship . . .
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notes-history-summary-histChUniverse
This collection of notes is part of [Self:notes-history-summary-histContents]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale . . .
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notes-homeEconomics
== Finance background == In general, finance means 'having to do with money'. However, most of the things . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitution
Note: most of the procedural and structural elements of this document have been moved into Plan 11. Please . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitutionNotes
== Notes == The rest of this document contains notes to myself about other ideas. Much of it is my own . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitutionNotes2
why P=17? P has 3 main effects : 1) group sizes of senate , high council 2) group sizes of councils 3) . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitutionNotes3
--- allow supreme court to suggest simplification by supermajority --- http://columbialawreview.org/ham-sandwich-nation_reynolds/ . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitution-hypotheticalConstitutionNotes4
--- in the wake of Britain's decision to exit the EU, a bunch of comments on HackerNews allege that . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitution-intro
Note: this document is under construction! The proposal text is not even a finished draft yet, just parts . . .
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notes-hypotheticalConstitutionSociety
a society for the discussion of constitutions perhaps they could merge and split and compete for citizens . . .
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notes-ideas-classificationsList
comment on this: I still like some aspects of this stuff, especially tarot and qblh -- I think these . . .
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notes-ideas-ideasOfThe20thCentury
note: should be a wiki? only if viewpoint is implemented not an intellectual history seeds of ideas progress . . .
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notes-ideas-systemsOfClassification
This book could have been titled "mappings from subsets of natural numbers to sets of qualitative descriptions" . . .
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notes-importantQuestionsList
== Important questions for humanity == (note: this is a list of questions; but for a list of goals, i . . .
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notes-investing3
---- http://www.macroaxis.com/invest/marketCorrelation/SPY--SPDRs ---- http://seekingalpha.com/article/343931-5-etfs-to-consider-for-protection-against-inflation . . .
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notes-investing4
---- some industry specific KPIs (many of these are from businessweek's annual 'facts and figures'): . . .
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notes-investing5
http://etfdb.com/cheapest-etf-for-every-investment-objectives/ --- Mark Sebastian (optionpit)'s watchlist . . .
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notes-misc-miscAlanKayNotes
" So, throw in another level of invention and all of a sudden, you have to have schools. Schools came . . .
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notes-misc-miscMisc
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?NoveltyVampires ---- ---- interesting quote: " "It's possible to argue that films . . .
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notes-misc-reverseDesign
Currently in society the received wisdom is that you have to start with a goal and then determine what . . .
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notes-moralityIfThePastEndures
What if it turns out to be physically possible to recover perfect information about past events? This . . .
2K - last updated 2017-12-10 10:18 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-philosophy-computationIsNotFree
and exhaustive search is unnatural. And logical operators other than AND are harder to remember. Implications . . .
4K - last updated 2014-06-28 00:35 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-philosophy-ethics-deontologicalVsUtilitarian-pluralism
" One of Prof. Walzer's most fascinating contributions to the field of political theory is his introduction . . .
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notes-philosophy-ethics-descriptiveEthics-lifestyleLockIn
It seems to me that people do things that they otherwise would not do when they are placed in a position . . .
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notes-philosophy-ethics-etiquetteAndComputationIsNotFree
Another place where my "Computation is not free" programme might touch is etiquette. Etiquette is particularly . . .
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notes-philosophy-ethics-jointUtility
If we assume that we have a formula for utility for one person, what mathematical function do we then . . .
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notes-philosophy-ethics-lying
i'm considering the idea that it's okay for a human individual to lie under duress or who is personally . . .
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notes-philosophy-ethics-onMorality
''This essay is under construction'' This is an attempt to put forward my personal system of morality/ethics. . . .
9K - last updated 2014-06-28 00:35 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-philosophy-ethics-onMoralityAndEthics
Under construction!! Morality and ethics == What this essay is about == Ideally I would present here . . .
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notes-philosophy-listsOfTopPhilosophyJournals
Lists of top English-language philosophy journals the 4 English-language "high-impact, highly-selective, . . .
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notes-philosophy-philosophyOpinions
== On things which are hard to communicate == I think many of the most important things that I discovered . . .
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notes-philosophy-philosophyOpinions2
p "The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things . . .
5K - last updated 2014-06-28 00:35 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-philosophy-rationality-pillarsOfModernism
== Factual beliefs cannot be unethical, only incorrect == * Belief in a factual/verifiable/objective . . .
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notes-physics-time
Links: * http://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/ccallender/index_files/Time%20in%20Physics.doc * http://www.spacetimesociety.org/conferences/2004/Sen.pdf . . .
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notes-politics-feudal
== Definitions == "In its classic definition, by François-Louis Ganshof (1944),[2] feudalism describes . . .
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notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsChDesignSpace
[Self:notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsContents Table of Contents for Governance Systems Design] . . .
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notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsChExamples
[Self:notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsContents Table of Contents for Governance Systems Design] . . .
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notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsChOfficials
[Self:notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsContents Table of Contents for Governance Systems Design] . . .
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notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsChViolence
[Self:notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsContents Table of Contents for Governance Systems Design] . . .
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notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsChVoting
[Self:notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsContents Table of Contents for Governance Systems Design] . . .
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notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsFuture
[Self:notes-politics-governanceSystems-govsContents Table of Contents for Governance Systems Design] . . .
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notes-politics-legitimacy
It seems to me that often political structures are thought to 'work' if they provide legitimacy and hence . . .
1K - last updated 2014-06-28 01:32 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-politics-modernComputerSecurityAndFeudalism
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/the_battle_for_1.html asserts that the modern situation . . .
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notes-politics-notesOnEngelsSocialismUtopianAndScientific
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm I skimmed this to try to answer the . . .
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notes-politics-prison
" But what really sets us apart is the Norwegian attitude towards prisoners. Four years ago I was invited . . .
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notes-politics-problemsWithDiscourse
todo. This page is for notes on how and why discourse, particularly political discourse, is problematic . . .
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notes-politics-recidivismRateContractsForPrisons
A huge problem in our society is that prisons are run with an eye to keep costs low. There is apparently . . .
1K - last updated 2014-06-28 01:32 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-politics-sparta
sounds like a pretty unpleasant place.. constitution: * slaves ('helots'), who could be killed at a certain . . .
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notes-politics-tainterCollapseOfComplexSocieties
as summarized in http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/04/the-collapse-of-complex-business-models/ : " In . . .
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notes-postmodernism
hi people, this page is just part of my personal notes. i keep my notes online. this particular page . . .
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notes-raptureOfTheNerds
The idea of the technological singularity has famously been called the "rapture of the nerds". I have . . .
4K - last updated 2014-06-28 01:33 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-researchAndApplication
A undesirable pattern that I've seen twice now in competitive social systems is: 1) Reward people for . . .
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notes-shineThroughSatire
In our society, everything is subjected to irony. Due to the way our mass communication system works, . . .
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notes-social-hwangFaceAndFavor
" Guanxi and Rules for Exchange The two parties of interaction are defined as ‘‘petitioner’’ . . .
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notes-society
* [Self:notes-society-cultures cultures] * [Self:notes-society-charity charity] * [Self:notes-society-niceness . . .
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notes-society--index
* [Self:notes-society-cultures cultures] * [Self:notes-society-charity charity] * [Self:notes-society-niceness . . .
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notes-society-charity
* http://www.charitynavigator.org/ * http://www.givewell.org/ * http://www.aidgrade.org/ * http://www.guidestar.org . . .
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notes-society-cultures
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/29/7461009/culture-values-world-inglehart-welzel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercultural_competence . . .
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notes-society-niceness
this page is for brainstorming ideas to make people nicer to each other * http://www.rootsofempathy.org/ . . .
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notes-someStuffYouMightLikeToKnow-stuffChCollabAndEcon
= Group cognition, group decision-making, collaboration = == Irrationality of democracy == There is . . .
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notes-someStuffYouMightLikeToKnow-stuffChEcon
== Wealth distribution and inequality == As of 2017: " I think most people don't realize just how much . . .
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notes-tech-macro
= Macroscale/long term environmental, social, political, or economic changes = == Timelines == === Century-granularity . . .
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notes-tech-newsLinks
== Daily == * https://news.google.com * http://www.reuters.com/ * http://www.reuters.com/news/technology . . .
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notes-tech-tech
''"...[commenting on a news article]... I see it as a sign of a growing awareness of the big changes . . .
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notes-voluntaryGovernment
so, how could we make a voluntary, non-territorial government that does not conflict with/is not considered . . .
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notes-voluntarySocialism
voluntary co-op. designed to take on the positive functions of government, in order to let governments . . .
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notes-weird-eschaton mckenna
All these images - the starship, the space colony, the lapis - are precursory images. They follow naturally . . .
2K - last updated 2014-06-28 01:32 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-weird-inAnApocalypseWhatToSave
Periodically the idea comes up of storing some knowledge in a durable form so that if there's an apocalypse, . . .
4K - last updated 2014-06-28 01:32 UTC by BayleShanks
notes-weird-raptureOfTheNerds
The idea of the technological singularity has famously been called the "rapture of the nerds". I have . . .
4K - last updated 2014-07-12 05:41 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-academicPeople
=== The seeming* irrationality of individual researchers === before i entered academia, i imagined that . . .
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opinions-essays-moralityAndEthics
Under construction!! Morality and ethics == What this essay is about == Ideally I would present here . . .
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opinions-essays-onConforming
''this essay is under construction'' American culture thinks it's cool not to conform. But in fact, if . . .
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opinions-essays-onMorality
''This essay is under construction'' This is an attempt to put forward my personal system of morality/ethics. . . .
9K - last updated 2009-09-11 09:40 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-essays-theInformationAge
Are we entering an "Information Age"? Perhaps. What might be the characteristics of the Information Age? . . .
10K - last updated 2006-03-06 23:02 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-philosophy-philosophy
== On things which are hard to communicate == I think many of the most important things that I discovered . . .
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opinions-philosophy-philosophy2
p "The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things . . .
5K - last updated 2013-09-08 23:58 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-BayleShanksVotes
= General election Nov 7, 2006 = Just a comment to start things off: * '''I hate bonds''' * '''I hate . . .
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opinions-political-BayleShanksVotesOld
Here you can see who I voted for in past elections. ---- = Nov 2, 2004 election = == U.S. President: . . .
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opinions-political-IP
just read another article extolling the value of universities licensing their intellectual property . . .
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opinions-political-bush
yet another example of Bush' team selling too much of our country to large corporate interests: http://pigdog.org/auto/digital_gar_gar_gar/link/2781.html . . .
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opinions-political-civilRights
I think it's pathetic that we call ourselves a beacon of freedom and law while perpetrating these (unlawful) . . .
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opinions-political-drugs
Here are three arguments in favor of the legalization of drugs. # Individual liberty demands that drugs . . .
3K - last updated 2009-05-04 02:09 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-finance
== How finance serves society == Many people seem to think that finance is merely some sort of legalized . . .
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opinions-political-livingWageHandout
Should people be given a "living wage" stipend just for existing, so that they can survive almost comfortably . . .
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opinions-political-mediaConsolidation
In brief, I believe that media diversity is a crucial requirement for a free and democratic society. . . .
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opinions-political-mediaDiversity
In brief, I believe that media diversity is a crucial requirement for a free and democratic society. . . .
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opinions-political-minimalLaw
The thesis that law (taken here to mean binding rules of any social organization) should be as small . . .
3K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-oldindex
This section contains my opinions on political issues. Sections and pages are generally listed in order . . .
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opinions-political-people
To sum up my opinion of humanity: __Humans are bumblers.__ (and not just other humans, but me and you, . . .
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opinions-political-privacy
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/6211959.htm WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance . . .
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opinions-political-war
But basically, I think that when I look at wars of history, or the present-day wars of countries that . . .
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opinions-political-warOnIraq
(note: this was written before the war) i'm against it in the present circumstances. Risk of harm to . . .
8K - last updated 2005-11-07 00:40 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-school
the primary education system is in trouble. We make everyone spend a significant portion of their lives . . .
8K - last updated 2011-12-06 10:07 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-singularity2
Slashdot discussed an article on the effect of widespread robots on the economy. The article was okay . . .
12K - last updated 2005-11-05 19:53 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-tech-singularity
some thoughts on posthumanism and space travel respectively: i think it might happen, but probably not . . .
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proj
* [Self:proj-thingsToLearn thingsToLearn] * [Self:proj-software software] * [Self:proj-concordDemocracy . . .
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proj--index
* [Self:proj-thingsToLearn thingsToLearn] * [Self:proj-software software] * [Self:proj-concordDemocracy . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-branchDemocracyDesignTodos
---- maybe further restrict the number of things the Forum can vote on per unit time? the idea being . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-branchDemocracyDesignTodos2
so, you want term limits and stuff like saying one person can't hold all the offices at once. But when . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-branchDemocracyDesignTodos3
a hepagram might be a neat logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Heptagrams.svg/400px-Heptagrams.svg.png . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-branchDemocracyDesignTodos4
her book is: Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. The Quest for Good Governance. How Societies Develop Control of Corruption. . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-branchDemocracyDesignTodos5
mb w/r/t interpretation of rules of debate on the Board, questions of 'fact' lie with the Chairs (altho . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-branchDemocracyDesignTodos5 (DESKTOP-TEPUH57's conflicted copy 2020-05-15)
mb w/r/t interpretation of rules of debate on the Board, questions of 'fact' lie with the Chairs (altho . . .
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proj-branchDemocracy-commentary
== todo == The Councils: sortition; like a civil service; do-ocracy (like Wikipedia); encourage cross-factional . . .
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proj-future--index
* [Self:proj-future-computerScienceToLearn computerScienceToLearn] * [Self:proj-future-index index] * . . .
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proj-future-ConspiracyProject
When there is a choice between two mutually incompatible systems of beliefs, how to know which one to . . .
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proj-future-freeSoftwareProfessorFund
Vasters is correct in being skeptical about earning a living off free software; while it can be done, . . .
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proj-future-goalsForSociety
== Goals == My overall dream for society would be a place where everyone is nice to each other, where . . .
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proj-goalsForSociety
== Goals == My overall dream for society would be a place where everyone is nice to each other, where . . .
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proj-liquidRepublic-commentary
== General == Q: Why two legislative bodies, that is, why both the Board and the Forum? A: Any group . . .
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proj-liquidRepublic-liquidRepublicDesignTodos
modifications that i plan to make in the bylaws, or things to think about further: -- It is important . . .
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proj-oldindex
This section contains goals of mine. * [Self:goals-goalsForSociety goals for society] * [Self:goals-lifeGoals . . .
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proj-oot-old-150618-ootNotes13
https://wizardsofsmart.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/web-apis-vs-rpc/ --- django release discussion: " bebop . . .
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proj-oot-ootAssemblyNotes27
"Thumb-2 with its unequaled code density" -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988614 --- "Interesting . . .
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proj-oot-ootNaturalLanguageNotes1
what do people talk about in human languages? not so much algorithm specification, but rather, just passing . . .
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proj-oot-ootNotes13
https://wizardsofsmart.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/web-apis-vs-rpc/ --- django release discussion: " bebop . . .
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proj-oot-ootNotes36
soapdog 1 day ago [-] Tell us more about your books. I'm addicted to scheme books :-) Also, what made . . .
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proj-oot-ootNumerology
== powers of 2 == --- what bit width for various things? 64-bit is a commonly used width according to . . .
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proj-plbook-plChCLang
[Self:proj-plbook-plContents Table of Contents for Programming Languages: a survey] = C = Because it . . .
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proj-plbook-plChHistory
[Self:proj-plbook-plContents Table of Contents for Programming Languages: a survey] = Chapter : History . . .
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proj-plbook-plChIsaComparisons
=== What is RISC? === [http://alanclements.org/rischistory.html Alan Clements wrote a great, well-written, . . .
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projects-future--index
* [Self:projects-future-index index] * [Self:projects-future-mathToLearn mathToLearn] * [Self:projects-future-lifeGoals . . .
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projects-future-ConspiracyProject
When there is a choice between two mutually incompatible systems of beliefs, how to know which one to . . .
5K - last updated 2014-05-09 19:55 UTC by BayleShanks
projects-future-freeSoftwareProfessorFund
Vasters is correct in being skeptical about earning a living off free software; while it can be done, . . .
8K - last updated 2008-11-26 10:54 UTC by BayleShanks
projects-future-goalsForSociety
== Goals == My overall dream for society would be a place where everyone is nice to each other, where . . .
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quotes
Note: I do NOT agree with some of these! For example, a quote by Schlesinger below expresses the opposite . . .
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quotes2
Note: I do NOT agree with some of these! "There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, . . .
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quotes3
Note: I do NOT agree with some of these! Note: I didn't factcheck these, they may be misattributed https://mobile.twitter.com/omarnajam/status/935626720408768512?lang=en . . .
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quotes4
"Most of us never became the kind of hackers depicted in “Hackers.” To “hack,” in the parlance . . .
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singularity
Slashdot discussed an article on the effect of widespread robots on the economy. The article was okay . . .
12K - last updated 2005-11-05 09:51 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
thoughts-politics-legitimacy
It seems to me that often political structures are thought to 'work' if they provide legitimacy and hence . . .
1K - last updated 2013-12-04 00:20 UTC by BayleShanks
thoughts-researchAndApplication
A undesirable pattern that I've seen twice now in competitive social systems is: 1) Reward people for . . .
5K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:34 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
tutorials-trading
to anyone reading this besides me: WOAH! I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TRADING! I AM WRITING THIS AS I LEARN . . .
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weird-eschaton mckenna
All these images - the starship, the space colony, the lapis - are precursory images. They follow naturally . . .
2K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:22 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
weird-inAnApocalypseWhatToSave
Periodically the idea comes up of storing some knowledge in a durable form so that if there's an apocalypse, . . .
4K - last updated 2014-05-19 22:37 UTC by BayleShanks
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