What kind of thing is wokism? Or Communism? What kind of thing was Naziism in WWII? Or the flat Earth conspiracy movement? Q Anon?
I’d say they are alliances, or something like it.
You can’t achieve much on your own; you need other people to specialize in getting information about topics you haven’t specialized in, to handle numerous object-level jobs that you haven’t specialized in, and to lead/organize all of the people you are dependent on.
But this dependency on other people requires trust, particularly in the leaders. So first of all, in order for you to support them, you need to believe that they have your best interests in mind, that they are allied to you. But secondly, in order for them to delegate tasks to you, you need to demonstrate that you are part of their alliance, that you will put the alliance concerns above your own.
You seem to be treating them as a sort of viruses, and this seems incorrect to me. The egregores have an irreplacable function, and you can’t personally remove them from yourself; instead, if you want saner egregores, this must involve constructing a new alliance with a solid footing in sanity.
The egregores have an irreplacable function, and you can’t personally remove them from yourself; instead, if you want saner egregores, this must involve constructing a new alliance with a solid footing in sanity.
This is in fact my stance. That didn’t come across clearly in the OP. But e.g. science arose as a sane egregore, at least at first. (Though not all of “science”, which has been significantly Goodharted in favor of less Friendly hypercreatures.)
I’d say they are alliances, or something like it.
You can’t achieve much on your own; you need other people to specialize in getting information about topics you haven’t specialized in, to handle numerous object-level jobs that you haven’t specialized in, and to lead/organize all of the people you are dependent on.
But this dependency on other people requires trust, particularly in the leaders. So first of all, in order for you to support them, you need to believe that they have your best interests in mind, that they are allied to you. But secondly, in order for them to delegate tasks to you, you need to demonstrate that you are part of their alliance, that you will put the alliance concerns above your own.
You seem to be treating them as a sort of viruses, and this seems incorrect to me. The egregores have an irreplacable function, and you can’t personally remove them from yourself; instead, if you want saner egregores, this must involve constructing a new alliance with a solid footing in sanity.
This is in fact my stance. That didn’t come across clearly in the OP. But e.g. science arose as a sane egregore, at least at first. (Though not all of “science”, which has been significantly Goodharted in favor of less Friendly hypercreatures.)