[tech] [spec] On extending gemini

[John Cowan]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:33 AM Jason McBrayer <jmcbray at carcosa.net> wrote:


> > Solderpunk reaffirmed this on the new year.
>
> I understand that Solderpunk is extremely busy, but I do think that the
> mailing list is suffering in his relative absence; a limitation of the
> BDFN (benevolent dictator for now) structure we currently have.
>

In another project, I like to describe myself as Chief Cook and
Bottle-washer For Now.  Keeping that firmly in mind and telling people
about it helps to defuse anyone's fear (including mine) that I will aspire
to be the Absolute Dictator of the Known Universe.  ("But I could do so
much *good* that way."  "Riiight.  'For nothing is evil in the beginning.
Even Sauron was not so.'  And 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power
corrupts absolutely.  Great men are often bad men.'")


> >  I understand why this was not clear, and I'm sorry for the confusion.
>
> Thank you for this; this does a tremendous amount to de-escalate the
> situation.


Lesson to be learned, perhaps: when an actor in a position of power (real,
potential, or even just perceived) issues a moderate threat, other actors
may read it as an existential threat, and so eventually provoke the Second
Coming (of Jesus or the Valar or both, it's going to be a rough ride in any
case).  So the bigger you are, the meeker you should be; after all, the
meek will inherit the earth, bit by bit, pushing back against violence.



John Cowan          http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan        cowan at ccil.org
So they play that [tune] on their fascist banjos, eh?
        --Great-Souled Sam
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