"Anathema!"

[aethyrflux]

Ironically enough, I must note that extreme Narcissism can be produced by low self-esteem, as well as Megalomania (often cycling in the same person)! I have recently noticed a great deal of sycophantic behaviour & groupthink which seem to perpetuate this phenomenon....

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[aethyrflux]

I thought that was funny too! :-D

To further extend the referential behaviour, I will quote a recent flame war from austin-chat: "The irony is not lost on me."

Indeed, I wondered if I should bother posting any of this research at all:
After all, those who already know how to think for them selves are already doing it...
And for those who don't think for themselves in the first place, none of this will make any difference, right? ;~}

Honestly though, posts like this come about as meditations on a number of different situations... I often try to find common threads between numerous events and relationships...

In fact, in this post, I was attempting to remain as objective as possible... Although I realize that when I try to keep from sharing my personal opinions through my communication, such a thing is really impossible (even the selection of one link over another is a value judgement); so i don't know why I bother.

But, getting to one of the points i'm sharpening... Something that has come to my attention again recently is how that some (perhaps even many, but not all) burn camps are organized around cults of personality, and many that people seem to enjoy perpetuating the associated drama from such hierarchical power structures... While I seem to prefer different forms of drama, based on more non-hierarchical systems, where power is shared equally. As I pointed out in a reply to a comment in a recent entry:

"So, are we to learn from this that a benevolent dictator, philosopher king, or wise caliph can be an effective means of government up to a certain point; but eventually, the empire will crumble from schism?

Although I understand that Meritocracy has been difficult to define, much less enforce, throughout the ages; I tend towards Egalitarian goals & methods, myself."

Command economies are strong during wartime, for example... And although we are living in the era of perpetual 'police actions,' a free market ecomomy (wthin reason, perhaps with some checks & balances) is supposed to serve civilians better. But rather than being stuck with Malthusian theories, I prefer to foster the growth of 'post-scarcity' systems, such as gift culture, the long tail & the design science revolution!

I could certainly re-invent the wheel, and sometimes it's educational to do so; but often I find that I can go further and enjoy myself more along the way when I heed the lessons of those who have travelled the road before me! ...As long as, even though I seek advice from a multitude of wise council, I am still skeptical enough to determine my own course of action.