Progress of civilization, not politics

from Diary 2024-08-03

• civilized progress, not politics.
• 2025-09-28 I unearthed a story related to this and moved it from the diary to a separate page.
  • Related: Civilization is self.

Some people have interpreted my actions over the past month or so as "trying to reduce the power of certain political factions" and criticized me for doing so.

• I don't think it's properly understood.
• On the other hand, they don't seem to want to get it right on the other end.
• If there is no great loss in not being understood as my side in such a situation, then I don't have to pay the cost for me to be understood correctly, I suppose. - Don't persuade people you don't need to persuade.

Mr. Yasuno's candid opinion when he was consulted about running for office.

• I'm not really interested in politics (=I'm not interested in which Homo sapiens some regional individuals choose as their boss monkey).

  • 2025-09-28 Not interested in which monkey will be the boss monkey in the Far East island nation.

Subsequent Conversations

• nishio I asked #Takahiro Yasuno, "What would you think if, for example, another candidate used TTTC during the election?" I asked him "How would you feel if, for example, another candidate uses TTTC during the election?" and he immediately answered "It would be a good thing to promote digital democracy in Japan.

I have always had a tendency toward progressivism, and I consider it a crime against civilization to impede the progress of civilization. - Snowball rolls and gets bigger. There is a predisposition for exponential growth like that. - Parable of the New Combination and the Surface of the Water, with a difference in the surface of the water. - Do it when you have the ability to make a hole or widen a hole for yourself in the situation. - Do it the way you think it will work. - effective altruism

They don't care about the existing forces that would be disadvantaged by that progress.

• We are not trying to "reduce the power" of those people.
• They are driving the progress of civilization.
• The "disadvantaged existing forces" simply haven't adapted to the changing environment.
• It is normal for some existing forces to decline when the environment changes.
• I may help those who ask for help, but I'm not going to help those who denounce me.
  • It is inefficient to antagonize the hostile.
• If you want to adapt to a change in environment, you'd better be friendly.
  • Well, since you've sent a hostile message to me, you've already made me much less of a priority for friendly relations.
  • It's like the character in Civilization who suddenly declares war on an unknown tribe he meets.
  • He may be attacking that existing force because he thinks it's good for them, but it may be having the opposite effect.
    • Given that, the no disparagement of other camps policy was well done.

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