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Date: 16-Jun-04 @ 05:15 PM -
memes
every good writer acknowledges the power of the word. three words.. man, road, evening - access a torrent of sensory impressions, thoughts, emotions. crowley knew about semantics - whether you're a freemason or not, whether you understand, appreciate or acknowledge semantic abstraction or not, a bird will always communicate a freedom via flight, a thousand other things.
the klf understood it when they mention slapping a few notes on a 4/4 beat and out comes a thousand years of pain and lust.
i often talk about pragmatism vs. idealism; in and of itself a tactical 'pragmatism,' since ultimately i see no difference but use the first term to acknowledge the 'short term' logic people employ.
i need to tell you something about the world..
http://www.angelfire.com/music2/theanalogcottage/den.htm
my old thing, it is the ideas that are alive and we are hosts, because one bad idea can wreck a million lives.
what i'm saying is that in order to be truly considerate of others, one absolutely must appreciate this concept (please read link if you haven't yet) otherwise you might be doing the best for everyone within line of sight, eg. using chemical fertiliser, but you're shitting on others. it's completely obvious to me that many cultures thrived with an understanding of the sovereignty of organic technology, yet 'technologic civilisation' obviously doesn't wish to admit the first thing about memes.. not profitable, and my child looks best in spandex or some shit.
now - if you ever find yourself in a position where the memetic, 'ideological' impact of a potential action is greater than the 'pragmatic' impact (eg. would be late for din-dins) you do it, and if you don't, may all hell ride you like a bitch for the rest of your days.
you cannot perceive the noosphere without appreciating memetic dynamics. if you cannot perceive the noosphere, you don't know where you are, or at least partially where you are.
now, wouldn't you want to do that?
i know you grasp this to a degree since you haven't pumped out any benassi style tracks yet. call it responsibility. but i need more from you.