Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

December 2nd, 2023

edited 2023-12-02 · open in Roam
  • snake cult implications podcast — links / show notes
    • gen3
    • ICTFM
    • first thought "I"
    • A > superego = theory of mind
      • diff from my "expectations"
      • ego starts perceiving itself as input
      • we started to live in the map
    • (my perspective-taking theory)
    • 45kya venus of willendorf
    • I as coming from identifying with the inner voice
    • self-ref vs recursion
    • 10k years is 400 generations
    • "seamless construction of self"
    • better metaphor than "memetic OS"? altho, LH
    • MS > Gen1 - reqs recursion (not self-ref)
      • idk, maybe pre, I think
      • evolution of mimicry
    • Gen1-Gen2 - seems it spread faster than armies
    • maybe snake cult enabled but didn't directly cause Gen2
    • Gen2 - internalize cultures shock collars
      • alienation
    • invention of shoulds
    • preconquest
    • original spin = demiurge
  • spiral dynamics this is a cool diagram, both in its connection with specific countries and in how it names economic systems & resource dist ratios
  • new new definition of betrayal / what is betrayal in the context of positive-sum game theory? = it's when you pull away from the we, and act as a me, and aren't immediately honest or forthcoming about that
    • theory that maybe all of the symptoms of psychopaths are just downstream of inability to learn via punishment / pain-based negative feedback