commit c8b0acfa3a2016669ca1eac164f548b772ad1695
Author: yafox <yafox@box>
Date:   Sat Nov 14 05:58:40 2020 +0000

    initial commit

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+# initialisation
+
+because organisation clarifies, this blog is divided into directories.  more may
+be added as time goes on.  this entry and its signature will be updated
+accordingly.
+
+```
+soft/ - bloviation on "squishy" topics.
+hard/ - technical guides and discussions.
+cult/ - cyphercult-related documents.
+```
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diff --git a/999-further-reading.md b/999-further-reading.md
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+# further reading
+
+the following authors and works have been formative:
+
+- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, whose work should be read and re-read.
+- [LoperOS](https://loper-os.org), particularly:
+  - [Why Hypercard Had to Die](https://loper-os.org/?p=568)
+  - [Don't Blame the Mice](https://loper-os.org/?p=1299)
diff --git a/soft/000-hello-world.md b/soft/000-hello-world.md
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+# hello world
+
+it is a complicated world, and it is getting more and more complicated every
+day.  the death of expertise coincides with the death of trust, compounding
+the impact of the problems the world faces as a whole.  it is absurd to pretend
+that every individual may come to understand everything they may wish to
+understand, just as it is absurd to pretend that every individual may develop
+world-class skills in any discipline they may choose.  talent is unevenly
+distributed, and time and attention are finite.  expertise and trust are
+necessary for healthy and sane engagement with the world, increasingly so as the
+world becomes more complex. 
+
+though misinformation and trust have always been problems, they will become
+acute (and arguably have already become so) if steps are not taken to safeguard
+against the coming threats.  this is the threat i hope to address with my work.
+
+because i am trying to bootstrap from a world which does not contain the tools
+i wish to build, my implementations will be likely be less rigorous than i would
+like.  my hope is that those who come after me may use whatever infrastructure
+may result from my efforts to critique and refine what i have clumsily laid out.
+i am no expert except when it comes to some aspects of modern technology, so
+once i have laid out the framework of my ideas, i will try to keep my further
+contributions within my sphere of expertise.
+
+the tenets of what might be called my "faith" (as it is unproven) are these:
+
+1) humility is essential to intellectual honesty.  without intellectual honesty,
+   one risks delusion.  honest ignorance is better than delusions of knowledge.
+   being proven wrong by better data should be welcomed.  changing one's mind
+   to align with new information should not be derided.
+
+2) the truth is not democratic, but the heuristic for determining it as a non-
+   expert is democratic within the set of reputable experts.  it is far more
+   likely that an individual is deluded than that a whole group of reputable
+   persons are.
+
+3) a set of experts may be identified by the effects of their applied theories
+   and by social clustering.  a set of people whose work has contributed to
+   the successful work of others may be safely considered experts, while those
+   proposing alternative theories should not be considered so until either their
+   impact surpasses the impact of the incumbent experts or until their theories
+   are endorsed by the vast majority of reputable experts.
+
+4) in cases where the effects of expert theories are unclear due to the
+   complexity of the subject, one should either prefer to go with plain
+   consensus or else disavow the entire notion of expertise in those fields due
+   to intractible complexity making the acquisition of accurate knowledge
+   unlikely.  in the latter case one may consider practice in said field an
+   "art" rather than a "science," and in the former case one may simply plead
+   ignorance.
+
+5) the core of a person is their mind.  proofs of identity and action should be
+   as closely bound to the mind as possible.  proofs based on image and sound
+   are already forgeable and will continue to become ever more so.  the surest
+   form of identity is presently the appearance of a flesh-and-blood entity.
+   cryptographic keys are the closest thing to flesh-and-blood available in the
+   digital realm at present.  thus, for all purposes, you _are_ your keys here.
+   guard them like you would your life.  flesh-and-blood is the only fallback,
+   and _that_ is not so easily distributed.
+
+6) assume that one day you may be in danger because of either your actions or
+   your identity.  plan accordingly.  if your planning goes to waste, fine.  if
+   it doesn't, so much the better.  the freedom to act in accordance with one's
+   conscience is sometimes dependent on one's ability to act in secret.
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