"If that's what you mean, then, yeah, OK. However, I prefer to call it Chaos Magick or the Left-Hand Path. It's not dark ... just creepy. "
Discovery of better models can invalidate consensus and orthodoxy. This leads to vested interests being threatened and disruption. A typical response to this is to isolate the disrupter. Tying them to stake and burning them is one way. Another way is to buy up all of the intellectual property in the vicinity and get lawyers busy. It's kind of all the same thing. The tactics change depending on social constraints, the relative size of the minority to majority, and governance systems already in place. "Dark" is what the majority calls the minority. It serves their purposes. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
