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cybernetics

pathological homeostasis

A political system that learns to survive and self-validate through conflict will eventually treat peace as the threat; dependency on conflict becomes intractable.

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Philosophy

Strange Days

What strikes me most about the current president of the United States is a strange inversion that would be almost comic if it were not so consequential. He shows little regard for the role he occupies, scant respect for the law, and no evident commitment to the country beyond what it can deliver to him […]