Curt Doolittle

Theme: Religion

  • The Layer Cake of Social Order

    THE LAYER CAKE OF SOCIAL ORDER

    1. REPUTATION
      (…)
      Weapon: Ostracization (death sentence)
      Records: Memory of Locals
    2. RELIGION
      Religion evolved to provide understanding of the word, virtues to imitate, and general prohibitions, across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, so that people could cooperate more easily and retaliate (feud) less frequently.
      Weapon: ostracization (deprivation from opportunity)
      Records: memory of locals, religious registries and ceremonies.
    3. LAW
      Law evolved to standardize punishments across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, to keep the peace, preserve productivity, preserve taxation, and legitimize (provide value by) rule.
      Weapon: violence, deprivation
      Records: written ledgers of crimes and punishments.
    4. CREDIT
      Credit rule evolved to increase productivity by the promise of consumption in the present, such that the primary form of social punishment was loss of consumption, status, and signaling.
      Weapon: deprivation of consumption, status, and signaling.
      Records: written and electronic records of creditworthiness.
    5. DIGITAL REPUTATION
      (…)
      Weapon:
      Records:
    6. DIGITAL PRIOR RESTRAINT (?)
      (…)
      Weapon:
      Records:

  • Tragedy Allows Us To Construct Truthful Myths

    by James Augustus HERE. BE AWED. AN IMPROVEMENT ON NIETZSCHE —“If we hold that the function of mythic art’s (story, play, movie, etc) is to provide commensurable decidability across the spectrum of classes, then I think that tragedy is the only theme that represents the full spectrum of human experience.Information can be transferred to slave, citizen, master and hero in a manner congruent with their class and the profile of experiences they have with the world.That goes without saying that myth seeks to provide information that is meaningful—tragedy might be our only way to construct myth that is also truthful.”— James Augustus

  • Tragedy Allows Us To Construct Truthful Myths

    by James Augustus HERE. BE AWED. AN IMPROVEMENT ON NIETZSCHE —“If we hold that the function of mythic art’s (story, play, movie, etc) is to provide commensurable decidability across the spectrum of classes, then I think that tragedy is the only theme that represents the full spectrum of human experience.Information can be transferred to slave, citizen, master and hero in a manner congruent with their class and the profile of experiences they have with the world.That goes without saying that myth seeks to provide information that is meaningful—tragedy might be our only way to construct myth that is also truthful.”— James Augustus

  • James Augustus : I’m still awed by this insight )

    https://propertarianism.com/2017/03/17/tragedy-allows-us-to-construct-truthful-myths/( James Augustus : I’m still awed by this insight )

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-17 12:30:00 UTC

  • Religion, among other things, provides a reason to deny others your cooperation,

    Religion, among other things, provides a reason to deny others your cooperation, and your effort questioning the worthiness of it. #tcot

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-12 00:54:28 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/840727659244060672

  • Religion, among other things, provides a reason to deny others your cooperation,

    Religion, among other things, provides a reason to deny others your cooperation, and your effort questioning the worthiness of it. #tcot

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-11 19:54:00 UTC

  • HERE. BE AWED. AN IMPROVEMENT ON NIETZSCHE —“If we hold that the function of m

    HERE. BE AWED. AN IMPROVEMENT ON NIETZSCHE

    —“If we hold that the function of mythic art’s (story, play, movie, etc) is to provide commensurable decidability across the spectrum of classes, then I think that tragedy is the only theme that represents the full spectrum of human experience.

    Information can be transferred to slave, citizen, master and hero in a manner congruent with their class and the profile of experiences they have with the world.

    That goes without saying that myth seeks to provide information that is meaningful—tragedy might be our only way to construct myth that is also truthful.”— James Augustus

    (Did you see what he did there?)

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-10 16:36:00 UTC

  • “Evolution = God’s common law”—Simon Ström

    —“Evolution = God’s common law”—Simon Ström

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-09 15:17:00 UTC

  • THE LAYER CAKE OF SOCIAL ORDER RELIGION Religion evolved to provide understandin

    THE LAYER CAKE OF SOCIAL ORDER

    RELIGION

    Religion evolved to provide understanding of the word, virtues to imitate, and general prohibitions, across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, so that people could cooperate more easily and retaliate (feud) less frequently.

    Weapon: ostracization (death sentence)

    Records: memory of locals.

    LAW

    Law evolved to standardize punishments across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, to keep the peace, preserve productivity, preserve taxation, and legitimize (provide value by) rule.

    Weapon: violence, deprivation

    Records: written ledgers of crimes and punishments.

    CREDIT

    Credit rule evolved to increase productivity by the promise of consumption in the present, such that the primary form of social punishment was loss of consumption, status, and signaling.

    Weapon: deprivation of consumption, status, and signaling.

    Records: written and electronic records of creditworthiness.

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-08 06:46:00 UTC

  • TRUTH AND THE WEST – Answering the Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris Debate #conserv

    TRUTH AND THE WEST – Answering the Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris Debate
    https://propertarianism.com/2017/03/07/the-answer-to-the-peterson-harris-debate/ #conservative #libertarian #tcot #tlot

    Source date (UTC): 2017-03-07 21:42:10 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/839229711888879622