Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

June 17th, 2021

edited 2021-06-17 · open in Roam
  • #2tweet bit about thinking that rejects other thinking (though framing ideo vs "X" kinda defeats the point)
    • the difference between ideological thinking and X thinking is that ideological thinking sees everyone and everything and classes as {me, not-me} and distrusts all not-me

      whereas X thinking asks "how can I integrate this?"
    • In principle, GameB, metamodernism, Integral Yellow/Teal, etc, are non-ideological.

      But it's entirely possible, and in fact the default in our current era, to get ideological about being non-ideological.
    • This is both an interpersonal phenomenon as well as an internal psychological one. One's apparent inner ideologues get sent to the gulag—err, shadow.
    • It's natural to want to know what common ground there is for trusting each other. The issue is the binary classification into {self, other}.
    • To be clear, I'm not talking about people here, but about the meme of the ideology itself. An ideological meme recognizes itself in other people and attempts to colonize them if not already there.
    • Also to be clear, there are memes that will fuck you up, and you're wise to do things to avoid that.
      • QT the paradox