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Autor: snakecharmr
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A: System undo crew
Asunto: Re: [unSYSTEM] Ping
Hi

> On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Noel Maersk <veox@???> wrote:
>
> There hasn't been mail to this list for a while now, makes me wonder if
> it's just me, or there's something wrong on the other end.
>
> I thought of sending something relevant, just to see if it goes through,
> but nothing really came to mind.
>
> Only thing perhaps is a recent talk with a few friends on the nature of
> authority, their argument being that power hierarchies is what made
> humanity safer. That people in general don't want to assume
> responsibility, and so passively follow a leader.
>
> They weren't concise on why, but among the reasons were ignorance,
> indifference, lack of aspiration, and the like. Thinking about it now,
> it strikes me how they didn't mention fear.
>
> It makes me feel sad - I think now they were talking not about "people
> in general", but themselves, perhaps unknowingly, perhaps in a detached
> fashion.
>
> It's also hard to argue about these things with other westerners. We
> think too much that everybody is like us, and even those who like to
> travel tend to praise what they've known for ages, once they're settled
> back in.
>
> The "nature of authority" and similar phrases are, of course, oxymorons
> I use here for lack of words and memory to reproduce the discussion
> verbatim.
>
> Anyway, just wanted to test if this list thingie still works, and
> thought it's best to have some entropy in the message. Now, repeat after
> me:
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
> consectetur adipiscing elit,
> sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt
> ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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