any proposal doing that would get failed bc of ossifying agora though right?
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >> -- >From V.J Rada
