Egregore

• [[go]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore pull
  • roughly a [[hive mind]] or any other [[entity]] that arises from a [[collective]]
  • term used by:
    • [[jan potocki]]
    • [[victor hugo]]
    • many [[rationalists]] or [[postrats]] on twitter, it seems
• heard about them from [[nosilverv]] for the first time
• [[pull]] [[egregores]]

• [[flancian]] https://social.coop/@flancian/107515675239878182 pull
• [[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109456661220524953 pull

• [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1467176055135944707 pull
• [[2022-12-04 18:03:44+00:00]] @[[flancian]]: https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1599464483784630272 pull

• [[2022-12-04 17:48:25+00:00]] @[[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109456661220524953:
  • We could stab [[Moloch]] in the heart at first sight if you wanted, but I’d rather we kept a policy of non violence as a default.Moloch, after all, seems to be an [[egregore]] which evolved with us. As such they’re entangled with human culture and bodies. I don’t see a reason to assume they’re all bad, nor that slaying it wouldn’t cause needless suffering.

• [[2022-12-04 18:03:44+00:00]] @[[flancian]]: https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1599464483784630272 pull

CW: Flancia

We could stab [[Moloch]] in the heart at first sight if you wanted, but I’d rather we kept a policy of non violence as a default.

Moloch, after all, seems to be an [[egregore]] which evolved with us. As such they’re entangled with human culture and bodies. I (1/2)