Comments on: Create Inevitability http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115 Ian Lance Taylor Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Caso e Inevitabilità « strategie evolutive http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115/comment-page-1#comment-11574 Caso e Inevitabilità « strategie evolutive Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:20:45 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115#comment-11574 [...] Dall’articolo su Linux rimbalzo su un articolo sull’indipendenza del Montenegro, nel quale si osserva come l’indipendenza del piccolo stato balcanico sia stata raggiunta attraverso una campagna di opinione, nella quale i sostenitori dell’indipendenza semplicemente cominciarono a comportarsi come se il ragiungimento dell’indipendenza fosse inevitabile. Years before the election they started acting as though Montenegro was a separate country, declaring their own economic policy, negotiating agreements with other countries, and so forth. They created a flag and picked an official anthem. The effect of these actions was to make independence seem natural. Thus by the time of the actual vote, voting for independence seemed natural. The vote was still close—they barely got the 55% they needed—but it did pass. [...] [...] Dall’articolo su Linux rimbalzo su un articolo sull’indipendenza del Montenegro, nel quale si osserva come l’indipendenza del piccolo stato balcanico sia stata raggiunta attraverso una campagna di opinione, nella quale i sostenitori dell’indipendenza semplicemente cominciarono a comportarsi come se il ragiungimento dell’indipendenza fosse inevitabile. Years before the election they started acting as though Montenegro was a separate country, declaring their own economic policy, negotiating agreements with other countries, and so forth. They created a flag and picked an official anthem. The effect of these actions was to make independence seem natural. Thus by the time of the actual vote, voting for independence seemed natural. The vote was still close—they barely got the 55% they needed—but it did pass. [...]

]]> By: Ian Lance Taylor http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115/comment-page-1#comment-9171 Ian Lance Taylor Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:05:28 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115#comment-9171 I thought the eye in the pyramid was some sort of Masonic symbol. I just checked Wikipedia, though, and they do not agree. A good example of something which exists because it is believed to exist is paper money. I thought the eye in the pyramid was some sort of Masonic symbol. I just checked Wikipedia, though, and they do not agree.

A good example of something which exists because it is believed to exist is paper money.

]]> By: ncm http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115/comment-page-1#comment-9015 ncm Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:21:33 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/115#comment-9015 As I understand it, that's what the Eye in the Pyramid on the U.S. dollar bill represents: "that which exists because it is belived to exist." Even if you don't have any other reason to believe it exists, if enough other people act as if they believe in it, it does exist. That's pretty close to the definition of a "social construct", a term that long post-dates the symbol. As I understand it, that’s what the Eye in the Pyramid on the U.S. dollar bill represents: “that which exists because it is belived to exist.” Even if you don’t have any other reason to believe it exists, if enough other people act as if they believe in it, it does exist. That’s pretty close to the definition of a “social construct”, a term that long post-dates the symbol.

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