I’m working on an article on nanoservitors right now. After I did the working, I decided to write about it. A literature search only turned up a few Barbelith posts about work that others have done with the idea.
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It's not fair. None of it. Nothing in life. I have come to this conclusion through direct observation of life over 35 years. This fact probably surprises no one who is reading this. But what does society teach us is such a virtue as we grow up within it? Fair play. So if the world is patently not a fair environment, why teach it and esteem it so highly?
Control.
It is my assertion that the individuals who profit most from this state of affairs are those who wield the greatest wealth and political power, and who are not bound by the naive tenets of fairness. This is not even to say that all who have power over others for one reason or another exhibit this tendency, only that it is epidemic throughout that population.
Those who play dirty tend to fare very well in competition with those who play by the rules, unless the latter individual is a particularly skilled gamer. By game, I mean in the von Neumann sense rather than in the James Carse sense.
So what is to be done? The decision rests with each individual as to whether it is better to acknowledge the cost of playing fair, yet still do so, or to abandon the ideal of fairness and exert ones will by any means necessary to achieve desired results. If the latter choice is made, to what degree should the paradigm be carried? All-out bastard, or occasional cheater. From an absolute standpoint, is this a rational continuum, or once the first step is taken, should it be "in for a penny, in for a pound"?
There is no tidy ending to this little rant. It is an ongoing dilemma. In order to satisfy my own ethical code, I have been "playing by the rules" for most of my life. After a certain number of years of this not leading to optimal results, the question arises whether a paradigm shift is in order? I'm certain that a number of my LHP friends would be laughing at me for even wrestling with such issues. Conversely, my RHP friends might be appalled that I am even examining this change in my outlook.
The operation will coalesce from a thousand isolated cells into a roaring juggernaut of unstoppable magickal force. This is the Great Work. Not the pale prop touted in popular occult books for the last four decades, but the True Great Work that even the participants who are contributing their own Wills toward are hesitant to contemplate for fear that they will blanch when the Zero-hour arrives. This is nothing less than the act of pushing our race into a true singular unity of mind and spirit. Some of us call it the Omega Working.
In our hearts, every contributing occultist, from the weekend dabbler to the incarnate avatars of long-forgotten gods has known that our own prior works were only thinly-veiled abstractions, rehearsals for the call that we as one will hear when enough minds have reached the threshold. This will be a new era of human consciousness.
Of course, not everyone is on the same page about this impending radical evolutionary step. How could they be? There are forces in the world who consider it imperative that mankind never reaches the singularity. They are convinced that it would be bad for business. If all sentience is connected in a sublime state of understanding, who will still have within in them the black void which only the latest and hottest consumer products can fill for a moment of illusory respite?
I am only one Adept, comprised of mere flesh and blood. I’m not a god, although I have created a few when the need has arisen. I’m not even certain that I’m interested in partaking in the result of this magicakal operation. I like my headspace the way that it is. So why do I participate? I believe that from where we all are right now, that there are only two possible paths: emergence or annihilation. And for all of our flaws and foibles, I believe that humanity deserves a chance at a lasting legacy. Further, I believe that this is the only way it will happen.
Ultimately this is not a problem for me. I have confirmed through multiple oracular consultations, cross-checked and re-queried, that I will likely not survive long past the culmination of this great collaborative effort. What intrigues me the most is that it seems that it will be one of my own former students that will murder me in an attempt to remove my contribution from the collective will. This should make for an interesting time ahead.
Since Loudwire ate my last wierdo-blog, I have migrated here on the advice of a friend who faced a similiar fate. I will migrate a few of my more interesting prior posts, but probably not the whole beastie.
