On 3/26/26 5:09 pm, Marcus Daniels wrote:
I just meant that it could be one possible coevolutionary outcome, not
yours
But acutely apt, nevertheless... it was a useful insight... as often
float around here in this space.
. It took me a long time to grasp a large organization (like LANL) as
a host organism.
I have a hard time not interpreting any complex human organization as an
organism... I was taught by my upbringing (parents, community,
educational system, beyond) that in fact I needed to find a host
organism to support the myriad needs I had beyond my
hominid/primate/mammalian/vertebrate base... which by some measure
feels like *all* my needs. Money, groceries, electricity,
road-systems, fuel, etc.
I also find most "host" systems I inhabit to have a strong immune system
which it behooves me to avoid triggering. <deleted anecdote about
leaving a briefcase at the guardshack and having to deal with the bomb
squad>
I can thank Trump for learning it applies to nations too.
I am not sure I fully understand with what you mean but my version of it
is that Nationalism (at all scales) is about, maintaining an
immune-system response and often deliberately triggering auto-immune
responses in your own nation (anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ,
anti-Intellectual, anti-woke, anti ... ) or in others (provoking regime
change from within, then assualting the "body" on the hopes that the
internal immune system will expunge the current dominating
microbiome/party/theocracy)...
*From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Smith
<[email protected]>
*Date: *Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
*To: *[email protected] <[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] satire collapse
On 3/26/26 11:55 am, Marcus Daniels wrote:
The benefit of this parental approach is that reinforces the
cognitive dominance of the parent without coercion. The downside
is that it probably accelerates the evolution of the child’s
escape tactics. They think more, reveal less.
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom
of thought which they seldom use.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
yes, this is a good analysis of my (childhood and beyond) nature...
though I'm not sure "reveal less" is my signature here? More likely
"hiding in plain sight"...
I like your use of the term "cognitive dominance". It was very
unequivocal albeit non-coerced. Made it easy for me to submit to
institutional (LANL) life even though I sandwiched those 27 years on
either side with a decade or more of entrepreneurial activity. While
it *was* chafing I came to it with good callouses.
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