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No common idea emerges from private notions
Organization is needed
"Pantomime in reverie" - reaction to impressions of invisible world is no practical issue
People who say Yes may have different, contradictory reasons for doing so.
Proposals to curb steering committee merely postpone or obscure the need for a machine. Creating an issue voters can say Yes or No to.
"The Many can elect after the Few have nominated."
— Jan 10, 2026 03:29AM
Organization is needed
"Pantomime in reverie" - reaction to impressions of invisible world is no practical issue
People who say Yes may have different, contradictory reasons for doing so.
Proposals to curb steering committee merely postpone or obscure the need for a machine. Creating an issue voters can say Yes or No to.
"The Many can elect after the Few have nominated."
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Imp
is on page 149 of 288
Symbols are useful and powerful. Symbols are employed in speeches and publications.
The words must be spoken by the right people at the right time.
"Phrases equally noble, true, and almost reversible"
How symbols take root in minds: Beloved/authoritative persons. Positions of authority are contextual
Distinction b/w members and rank & file: Not tied by common conviction
Distance enhances view of mass cooperation
— Jan 10, 2026 03:18AM
The words must be spoken by the right people at the right time.
"Phrases equally noble, true, and almost reversible"
How symbols take root in minds: Beloved/authoritative persons. Positions of authority are contextual
Distinction b/w members and rank & file: Not tied by common conviction
Distance enhances view of mass cooperation
Imp
is on page 143 of 288
Reception of the Fourteen Points, description of use of hierarchy of symbols.
Rights of Humanity -> Rights of France, Britain, Italy
How Hamilton trading the site of the capitol for two necessary votes.
"In the crystallizing of a common will, there is always an Alexander Hamilton at work"
— Jan 10, 2026 02:38AM
Rights of Humanity -> Rights of France, Britain, Italy
How Hamilton trading the site of the capitol for two necessary votes.
"In the crystallizing of a common will, there is always an Alexander Hamilton at work"
Imp
is on page 134 of 288
THE TRANSFER OF INTEREST
How is Public Opinion crystalized
People do different things for different reasons
Vote for one party for different, sometimes opposing reasons
Concept of "oversoul"
Hughes' first speech after accepting Republican nomination
Method of securing homogeneous vote from heterogeneous opinion
Agreement -> detail
Disagreement -> vague
Lip service to all sides
Idea and response both second hand
— Dec 23, 2025 12:03AM
How is Public Opinion crystalized
People do different things for different reasons
Vote for one party for different, sometimes opposing reasons
Concept of "oversoul"
Hughes' first speech after accepting Republican nomination
Method of securing homogeneous vote from heterogeneous opinion
Agreement -> detail
Disagreement -> vague
Lip service to all sides
Idea and response both second hand
Imp
is on page 125 of 288
Self interest: ideas of self and interest are not instinctive but acquired
Economic position may influence opinion, but exactly how you can't tell, as there are many other factors.
Theories that try to deterministically prevent events fail
Contradiction between Marxian theory and actions (Lenin)
Even in economic equality partial acc. to facts create conflict.
False determinism
Fatalistic view on human nature
— Dec 22, 2025 01:28AM
Economic position may influence opinion, but exactly how you can't tell, as there are many other factors.
Theories that try to deterministically prevent events fail
Contradiction between Marxian theory and actions (Lenin)
Even in economic equality partial acc. to facts create conflict.
False determinism
Fatalistic view on human nature
Imp
is on page 114 of 288
SELF-INTEREST RECONSIDERED
All experiences are unique
Printed record checks each individual's fancy, but rumors can be altered unabated.
Larger audience -> lack of common words -> story more abstract -> individuals give it their own character
The character in which men deal is not fixed even in the same man in different situations. "No one self always at work".
— Dec 20, 2025 03:23AM
All experiences are unique
Printed record checks each individual's fancy, but rumors can be altered unabated.
Larger audience -> lack of common words -> story more abstract -> individuals give it their own character
The character in which men deal is not fixed even in the same man in different situations. "No one self always at work".
Imp
is on page 111 of 288
Setting realistic enough for identification, ending romantic enough to be desirable, but not inconceivable.
Pioneering artist's reverence 4 material
— Dec 20, 2025 03:20AM
Pioneering artist's reverence 4 material
Imp
is on page 107 of 288
Two ideas coming together arousing the same feeling.
Everything good/pleasant collects into a system of all-good, everything painful/unpleasant into a system of all-evil.
Visualization catches the stimulus and result, but the internal is badly caricatured.
The need for the observer to identify oneself with the picture: handles for identification
Motifs of sex & violence
— Dec 19, 2025 03:38AM
Everything good/pleasant collects into a system of all-good, everything painful/unpleasant into a system of all-evil.
Visualization catches the stimulus and result, but the internal is badly caricatured.
The need for the observer to identify oneself with the picture: handles for identification
Motifs of sex & violence
Imp
is on page 101 of 288
One couple usually appointed original ancestors.
Desire to jump over necessary steps in a sequence.
League of Nations and the concept of "backwardness"
Putting together a public opinion requires picturing more time and space than directly perceivable.
Difficulties in obtaining a representative sample of a class - individuals don't do it.
"It ought to be true"
— Dec 17, 2025 01:45AM
Desire to jump over necessary steps in a sequence.
League of Nations and the concept of "backwardness"
Putting together a public opinion requires picturing more time and space than directly perceivable.
Difficulties in obtaining a representative sample of a class - individuals don't do it.
"It ought to be true"
Imp
is on page 95 of 288
THE DETECTION OF STEREOTYPES
Fictional example of 'Ruritanian' war claims
Stereotypes: false absolutism, series of contradictions, inability to take account of space and time.
Demond to "reestablish the Eastern Front" after Russian withdrawal.
Conception of space is complicated: road, flying, available travel, difficulties etc.
Historical vs. personal scale of time
In every problem proper evaluation of time enters
— Dec 17, 2025 01:41AM
Fictional example of 'Ruritanian' war claims
Stereotypes: false absolutism, series of contradictions, inability to take account of space and time.
Demond to "reestablish the Eastern Front" after Russian withdrawal.
Conception of space is complicated: road, flying, available travel, difficulties etc.
Historical vs. personal scale of time
In every problem proper evaluation of time enters
Imp
is on page 85 of 288
CODES AND THEIR ENEMIES
Differences in assumptions to which moral codes apply - interpreters
Moral code has a picture of human nature, human nature might change to fit the moral code: different natures in different contexts
Myth: truth and error on same plane of credibility
"Of the opposition we make conspiracies"
— Dec 17, 2025 01:34AM
Differences in assumptions to which moral codes apply - interpreters
Moral code has a picture of human nature, human nature might change to fit the moral code: different natures in different contexts
Myth: truth and error on same plane of credibility
"Of the opposition we make conspiracies"
