Hoffman, eh? Thanks for the name. I’ve always taken his observation (which I can agree with in high degree) as evidence for the existence of “collective entities” who effectively write the scripts for the performance given, entities which barter the very vocabulary of self definition in exchange for compliance with the script that defines the “collective entity” to itself. IF you call yourself a conservative intellectual Christian devotee of the culinary arts who enjoys a recreational flogging from time to time then each of those entities who provided you those components in your definition of self demands that you comply with that script (the “nutrition” you provide them) which establishes their existence… or, lose that part of your self definition when that collective rejects you as a member. In the predigital days this was simply the psycho-social nature of humanity, now I am ever more convinced these entities are achieving full self awareness within mankind’s digital infrastructure and footprint: they are become The Third Reality of Man.
November 20, 2025 @ 12:37 pm
Hoffman, eh? Thanks for the name. I’ve always taken his observation (which I can agree with in high degree) as evidence for the existence of “collective entities” who effectively write the scripts for the performance given, entities which barter the very vocabulary of self definition in exchange for compliance with the script that defines the “collective entity” to itself. IF you call yourself a conservative intellectual Christian devotee of the culinary arts who enjoys a recreational flogging from time to time then each of those entities who provided you those components in your definition of self demands that you comply with that script (the “nutrition” you provide them) which establishes their existence… or, lose that part of your self definition when that collective rejects you as a member. In the predigital days this was simply the psycho-social nature of humanity, now I am ever more convinced these entities are achieving full self awareness within mankind’s digital infrastructure and footprint: they are become The Third Reality of Man.
November 20, 2025 @ 12:40 pm
LOL… Goffman. Gotta love a digital keyboard.