Agora would stop existing. It would therfore have no state. Arguably though, if we made a meta-descision to recreate it, it would start existing again. The Paradox of Self-Amendment has some stuff on this.
-Aris On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote: > As a thought experiment (only), what is the state of Agora if we repeal every > rule? > > -o > >> On Sep 13, 2017, at 1:30 AM, Aris Merchant >> <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ahh! Don't do that. All rules are instruments. >> >> -Aris >> >> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Proto: >>> >>> Title: Spring Cleaning >>> >>> Content: Remove all Historic Instruments [replace that with a proper >>> definition for cleanup] that are older than 1 year old. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sep 12, 2017, at 1:26 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This whole conversation rung a memory bell for me, something Old (12+ >>>>> years old) that might be >>>>> still in effect! >>>>> >>>>> There was a Proposal, that read something like the following: >>>>> >>>>> Be it Hereby Proclaimed that from this moment forward, anyone who >>>>> causes gamestate >>>>> changes without creating a public record is Guilty of the Crime of >>>>> Invisibilitating. >>>>> >>>>> Note that Instruments don't lose power (they just reach the end of their >>>>> effects). So >>>>> if a Proposal defines an effect as ongoing, there's still a Powered >>>>> instrument out there >>>>> proclaiming people guilty of this crime whenever they do it… >>>> >>>> fx: pained sigh >>>> >>>> As a practical matter, it’s not realistic for the Referee to keep track of >>>> every infraction-bearing document indefinitely. The current rules to appear >>>> to require it anyways, so I make an effort: I have a massive folder of >>>> pledges, for example. However, at the end of the day, I (and, I think, my >>>> inevitable successor) is only human, and can only account for so much. >>>> >>>> If I miss a card due to a historic Instrument, please bring it up. >>>> >>>> -o >>> >>> >
