Through the early to mid-80's the commune's fortunes fluctuated (sometimes nearly flickering out). Fard self-published a series xeroxed "Visionary Recitals" in which he attempted a synthesis of heretical and antinomian spirituality, post-Si…Two more scientists--already residents of Ong's Hat--joined with Fard and the twins in founding the Institute for Chaos studies. By sheer "chance", their work provided the perfect counterparts to the Dobbs research. Harold Acton, an expatri…
Fard
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Fard emerges as the visionary organizer behind Ong's Hat, a countercultural commune that attempted to synthesize hermetic spirituality, post-Situationist politics, and chaos theory through self-published "Visionary Recitals" in the 1980s. The course readings invoke Fard as a figure who embodied the intersection of esoteric thought and emerging computational science, co-founding the Institute for Chaos Studies as a kind of laboratory for ideas that blurred the boundaries between mysticism and mathematical systems. He exemplifies the historical avant-garde's engagement with cybernetics and systems thinking as tools for both spiritual and social transformation, providing a precedent for understanding how AI and complexity science have been adopted by fringe communities outside institutional science.
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