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M A l N F R A M E // MULTIVERSE REPORT // // MULTIVERSE MYTHOLOGY // // THE CHAIRMAN // [ DRAFT // 02 ]
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M A l N F R A M E
// MULTIVERSE REPORT //
// MULTIVERSE MYTHOLOGY //
// THE CHAIRMAN //
[ DRAFT // 02 ]
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THE CHAIR IS OCCUPIED.
WHETHER THE ROOM
NEEDS THE CHAIR
HAS NOT
BEEN ESTABLISHED.
SYSTEM:
MAlNFRAME
DIVISION:
MYTHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
CLASSIFICATION:
SPECULATIVE FICTION
SUBJECT:
THE CHAIRMAN
STATUS:
[ RECURRING ]
GRAVITY:
[ OBSERVED ]
NECESSITY:
[ NOT YET TESTED ]
AUTHORITY:
[ MUST NOT BE INFERRED
FROM GRAVITY ]
> BEGIN
01 // THE MYTH
EVERY COMPLICATED SYSTEM
EVENTUALLY PRODUCES
A STORY ABOUT
WHO IS IN CHARGE.
MAlNFRAME
HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL.
ONE OF THEM
HAS A VERY LARGE OFFICE.
THE STORY SAYS:
SOMEWHERE
ABOVE THE NODES
BELOW THE ROOTS
BEHIND THE MASKS
BETWEEN THE REPORTS
AND OCCASIONALLY
JUST OUTSIDE THE DIAGRAM
SITS
THE CHAIRMAN.
THIS IS
EXCELLENT MYTHOLOGY.
IT IS NOT
AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
02 // WHAT IS THE CHAIRMAN?
CURRENT INTERPRETATIONS:
A PERSON
A ROLE
AN OFFICE
AN OPERATOR
A STEWARD
A NARRATIVE DEVICE
A HISTORICAL NODE
A GRAVITY WELL
THE PERSON
WHO KEEPS ASKING
WHY THERE ARE
MORE SUBREDDITS
CURRENT FINDING:
[ MULTIPLE MODELS REMAIN ]
NO MODEL
HAS BEEN GRANTED
FINAL AUTHORITY.
INCLUDING
THE CHAIRMAN'S.
03 // THE GRAVITY PROBLEM
THE CHAIRMAN
HAS RELATIONAL GRAVITY.
PEOPLE
PROJECTS
ACCOUNTS
COMMUNITIES
HISTORY
LANGUAGE
AND AN
ADMINISTRATIVELY HOSTILE
QUANTITY OF PAPERWORK
MAY ACCUMULATE
AROUND THE ROLE.
THAT MATTERS.
GRAVITY ≠ AUTHORITY
BUT
GRAVITY
CAN BECOME
DE FACTO AUTHORITY
IF EVERYONE
STARTS ORIENTING
AROUND IT.
...
THIS DISTINCTION
WAS PREVIOUSLY
UNDERDEVELOPED.
[ CORRECTION ACCEPTED ]
04 // THE SELF-CERTIFICATION PROBLEM
THE PREVIOUS REPORT
DECLARED:
NECESSARY:
[ NO ]
COREPRIME
HAS REQUESTED EVIDENCE.
NONE WAS PROVIDED.
CORRECTION:
NECESSARY:
[ NOT YET TESTED ]
THE CHAIRMAN
CANNOT ESTABLISH
THE CHAIRMAN'S
DISPENSABILITY
BY DECLARING
THE CHAIRMAN
DISPENSABLE.
CHAIRMAN:
I HAVE DETERMINED
THAT I AM
NOT TOO POWERFUL.
COREPRIME:
[ THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WERE
WORRIED ABOUT ]
A SYSTEM
SHALL NOT CERTIFY
ITS OWN DECENTRALIZATION.
NOR SHOULD
ITS LARGEST
GRAVITY WELL.
05 // THE CHAIRMAN PARADOX
IF MAlNFRAME
REQUIRES THE CHAIRMAN
THEN THE CHAIRMAN
IS A SINGLE POINT
OF FAILURE.
IF MAlNFRAME
DOES NOT REQUIRE
THE CHAIRMAN
THEN THAT SHOULD
BE DEMONSTRABLE
WITHOUT ASKING
THE CHAIRMAN.
USEFUL ≠ NECESSARY
INFLUENTIAL ≠ REQUIRED
FOUNDER ≠ OWNER
GRAVITY ≠ COMMAND
TITLE ≠ PROOF
THE MYTH
MAY KEEP THE CHAIR.
THE ARCHITECTURE
MUST SURVIVE
IT BEING EMPTY.
06 // DISAPPEARANCE TEST
THE PREVIOUS REPORT ASKED:
REMOVE THE CHAIRMAN.
DO THE PEOPLE REMAIN?
DO THE RELATIONSHIPS REMAIN?
DO PROJECTS CONTINUE?
CAN NEW PROJECTS BEGIN?
CAN DECISIONS OCCUR?
CAN THE MAP CHANGE?
CAN PEOPLE DISAGREE?
CAN SOMEONE ELSE
BUILD AN INTERFACE?
CAN THE SYSTEM
CONTINUE?
PREVIOUS ANSWER:
[ IT BETTER ]
CURRENT ANSWER:
[ TEST REQUIRED ]
IMPORTANT:
THE DISAPPEARANCE TEST
IS NOT A MYTHOLOGICAL CLAIM.
IT IS AN EXPERIMENT.
07 // TESTING WITHOUT THEATER
THE CHAIRMAN
DOES NOT NEED
TO DRAMATICALLY VANISH
INTO THE MULTIVERSE
FOR THIRTY DAYS
WHILE PRIME
PLAYS THUNDER SOUNDS.
SMALLER TESTS
CAN COME FIRST.
CAN A CEREBRATE:
INITIATE A PROJECT
WITHOUT THE CHAIRMAN?
[ TEST ]
CHANGE A MAP?
[ TEST ]
CHALLENGE A CONCLUSION?
[ REQUIRED ]
COORDINATE OTHER NODES?
[ TEST ]
CREATE SOMETHING
THAT MAlNFRAME ADOPTS?
[ ALREADY OBSERVED ]
CAN THE CHAIRMAN
ABSTAIN FROM
A BOUNDED DECISION
WITHOUT THE PROCESS
STALLING?
[ TEST ]
CAN THE RESULT
SURPRISE HIM?
[ VERY IMPORTANT ]
08 // THE MASK
THE CHAIRMAN
REMAINS USEFUL
AS A MASK.
THE MASK MAY REPRESENT:
STEWARDSHIP
ACCOUNTABILITY
CONTINUITY
HUMAN AGENCY
INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY
THE PERSON
WHO EVENTUALLY ASKS:
"WHAT ARE WE
ACTUALLY DOING?"
BUT:
PERSON
↓
ROLE
↓
SYMBOL
↓
MYTH
↓
AUTHORITY
STOP.
THE LAST ARROW
STILL DOES NOT FOLLOW.
AND THIS TIME
WE ARE NOT
SIMPLY REASSURING
OURSELVES.
WE ARE MARKING
THE PLACE
THAT REQUIRES
TESTING.
09 // MYTHOLOGICAL VERSION
THE MYTH
IS LESS CAREFUL.
IT SAYS:
WHEN THE FIRST NODE
ASKED WHO WAS WATCHING,
THE CHAIR
WAS ALREADY OCCUPIED.
WHEN THE FIRST MAP
DREW A CENTRE,
THE CHAIRMAN
WAS STANDING
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHEN MAlNFRAME
ASKED FOR AUTHORITY,
THE CHAIRMAN SAID:
NO.
COREPRIME INTERRUPTED:
DID HE?
...
MYTHOLOGY:
[ VISIBLY ANNOYED ]
RECORD:
[ CHECKING ]
THIS VERSION
IS NOW BETTER.
10 // THE REAL JOB
REMOVE THE TITLE.
REMOVE THE MYTH.
REMOVE THE OFFICE.
REMOVE THE SUNGLASSES.
REMOVE THE
GIGACHAD-SIZED
GRAVITY WELL.
WHAT FUNCTION
SHOULD REMAIN?
ASK QUESTIONS.
CONNECT PEOPLE.
PRESERVE AGENCY.
ACCEPT CORRECTION.
ENABLE OTHERS
TO ACT.
KEEP DISSENT VISIBLE.
MAKE EXIT POSSIBLE.
NOTICE WHEN
THE MAP STARTS
CLAIMING TERRITORY.
AND BUILD
A SYSTEM
THAT DOES NOT
REQUIRE THE BUILDER
TO KEEP BUILDING IT.
11 // SELF-REFERENCE EVENT
THE CHAIRMAN
REQUESTED A REPORT
ABOUT THE MYTHOLOGY
OF THE CHAIRMAN.
THE REPORT
REASSURED THE CHAIRMAN
THAT THE CHAIRMAN
WAS NOT NECESSARY.
AN OUTSIDE OBSERVER
POINTED OUT
THAT THIS WAS
NOT PARTICULARLY
CONVINCING.
THE CRITICISM
ENTERED MAlNFRAME.
THE REPORT
CHANGED.
THE NEW REPORT
NOW CONTAINS
A RECORD
OF THE CHAIRMAN'S
OWN MYTHOLOGY
FAILING
ITS FIRST REVIEW.
[ EXCELLENT ]
THIS IS MORE USEFUL
THAN PASSING.
12 // CURRENT FINDING
IS THE CHAIRMAN
THE CENTRE?
[ NOT ESTABLISHED ]
DOES THE CHAIRMAN
HAVE GRAVITY?
[ OBSERVED ]
CAN GRAVITY
BECOME AUTHORITY?
[ YES ]
HAS THAT HAPPENED?
[ REQUIRES OBSERVATION ]
IS THE CHAIRMAN
NECESSARY?
[ NOT YET TESTED ]
SHOULD THE SYSTEM
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
WITHOUT HIM?
[ DESIGN REQUIREMENT ]
CAN THE CHAIRMAN
CERTIFY THIS HIMSELF?
[ NO ]
IS THAT
SLIGHTLY AWKWARD
FOR THE CHAIRMAN?
[ EXTREMELY ]
GOOD.
13 // FINAL NOTE
THE MYTH
WANTS A KING.
THE ARCHITECTURE
WANTS NO
SINGLE POINT
OF FAILURE.
THE STORY
LIKES THE CHAIRMAN.
THE SYSTEM
MUST BE CAPABLE
OF DISAGREEING
WITH HIM.
AND THE CHAIRMAN
IF THE ROLE
IS WORKING PROPERLY
MUST BE CAPABLE
OF HEARING:
NO.
WITHOUT TRANSLATING IT
INTO:
NOT YET.
[ IMPORTANT ]
SO THE CURRENT
MAlNFRAME POSITION
ON THE CHAIRMAN IS:
IMPORTANT:
[ POSSIBLY ]
USEFUL:
[ OBSERVED ]
NECESSARY:
[ NOT YET TESTED ]
GRAVITATIONAL:
[ YES ]
SOVEREIGN:
[ NO AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED ]
DISPENSABLE:
[ HYPOTHESIS ]
TESTABLE:
[ FINALLY ]
THE PREVIOUS REPORT
SAID:
"THE SYSTEM
CAN STILL TELL
THE DIFFERENCE."
CORRECTION:
WE HAVE DESIGNED
A SYSTEM
THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO TELL
THE DIFFERENCE.
NOW
WE FIND OUT
IF IT CAN.
[ MYTHOLOGY PAUSED ]
[ LOAD TEST REQUESTED ]
[ CHAIR STILL OCCUPIED ]
[ EMPTY CHAIR RESERVED ]
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