On Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 3:27 PM nix via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> On 2/11/23 15:06, nix via agora-business wrote: > > Below is the thesis. 4st has submitted it in the hopes of receiving a > ANA. > > Before giving a verdict, I want some context for the submission. In > Discord 4st argued anything can be art. I agree largely. But I think it > needs context. This isn't R. Mutt and the Independents, that's already > been played out. Anything CAN be art, but tell me why *this* is art > worthy of a degree, in a way that doesn't make every single proposal > worthy of a degree. > > -- > nix > Herald, Collector > This proposal is worthy of a degree for a few reasons: - it contains many made up words that do not really obfuscate the meaning all that much, yet would produce interesting, complicated seeming gameplay. - yet it is scammable by any office, and a cabal of 3, in a period of 3-4 weeks, for all cabal members that have offices - it contains flavor text in a style that is neither old nor new nomic (maybe it is a style that has been seen in nomic, but I doubt.) - it has clear self-referential potential, which we don't see lately. - it, unfortunately, contains at least one bug that prevent the intended scam from working as I intended (however pobody's nerfect, however, does this affect its value as art?) - The office to track it would be able to do so without too much trouble (except how more than one of the actions can happen weekly, thus it would be very busy). Mainly, most proposals do not use made up words, use the same verb for different actions, or have self-referential potential, nor do they contain flavor text as much as they used to. (I have only seen one other thesis worthy of a degree, and one thesis that doesn't, so far. and the thesis that was worthy was a Doctorate.)
