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Outside in - Involvements with reality » Blog Archive » Curses! — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:50:31 +0000

[…] first Chaos Patch here drew an analogy between a blog and a virtual micro-state. Considered at a sufficient level of […]

By: pseudo-chrysostom

pseudo-chrysostom — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:33:49 +0000

>Troll eradication banning or ignoring is admitting defeat

By: Oh, I know all about paraconsistent logics, I’ve been researching them for six whole months! | vulture of critique

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 08:25:40 +0000

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By: Chevalier de Johnstone

Chevalier de Johnstone — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:31:15 +0000

I agree. Community-building requires social centralization, not atomization.

I’d prefer to see a reactionary refusal to succumb to Twitter culture, though.

By: fotrkd

fotrkd — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:09 +0000

Mark Warburton in his latest post has just reminded me about Chaos in relation to Paradise Lost, which neatly was the catalyst for Chaos Patches: “Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, given a chance to climb, they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.” – Lord Baelish Which reminds me of something admin quoted somewhere (I think - any clues?) along the lines of (though possibly conflated and horrifically stripped of it's grandeur) 'only the person prepared to lose everything will make it out'... But my main PL point was that Moldbug, in a post linked to in admin's latest piece, had some relevant insights on Chaos, including: "Tyranny is one form of chaos; freedom is one form of order. There are others of each, however. And order is always preferred to chaos. Thus, to a Carlylean, the fatal error of libertarianism is the confusion of anarchy and freedom. Not only are they not the same thing; they are opposite poles of the political spectrum. Freedom - spontaneous order - is the ultimate form of order. Anarchy is the ultimate form of disorder." Satan was rebelling against tyranny asserting itself over (originary) spontaneous order. But how do Chaos and Old Night "hold / Eternal anarchy"? 'Hold'?

By: Nick B. Steves

Nick B. Steves — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:53 +0000

Wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but I hope that sort of thing can show up on Reactionary Public Radio or Viewer Supported Reactionary Public TV!

By: fotrkd

fotrkd — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:24 +0000

Does the show look anything like this?

By: survivingbabel

survivingbabel — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:09:30 +0000

I have a sample vocal mp3 on my laptop, but I was hoping to make a new one with a better mic. I will do my best to get it done tomorrow.

By: Nick B. Steves

Nick B. Steves — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:03:51 +0000

Sounds good.

Any news on The Surviving Babel Show?

By: survivingbabel

survivingbabel — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:43:48 +0000

So, latching onto both the theme and purpose of the Chaos Patch:

I plan on opening my blog up by the end of this week, and I am considering going No Comments, like Mr. Goulding. Instead, I am considering leaving a “commenting” policy at the bottom of posts to the effect of:

Short comment: Tweet me
Medium comment: Email me
Long comment: Blog it, trackback me

Having too many places for community building is worse than not having enough of them. A lot of amazing commentary happens on all the different blogs of reaction-space, but it takes a full-time commitment to read them all. I plan on having longer posts, non-topical when at all possible, dealing with higher-end theory, and I’m just not interested in the work it would take to moderate. Besides, moderation kills fluid conversation (Lion/Sigma is the worst at this).

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