11 / November 30

Interlocks, Cognitive Hierarchies, Rhizomatics

“(Heterarchy is) an emergent organizational form with distinctive network properties … and multiple organizing principles.”
— David Stark

Topics

Interlocks, Mark Lombardi, A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Games, heterarchy, rhizomatics; information hierarchies: data silos, info silos; Aaron Swartz's Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, JSTOR, and academic journals; Substack, Patreon, dark/walled servers, aaaaarg, et al.; Slashdot, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, et al.; compartmentalization, fusion centers, and desiloing; Lulzsec to Nulzsec: digital activism left and right, CCC, Legion of Doom, cDc/Hacktivismo, Anonymous, Lulzsec, AnonOps, Anontools, Back Orifice, LOIC; Internet Research Agency, Council for National Policy, The Family, et al.; chans and occult memetics, Pepe, Kek, et al., /pol to Q; right metapolitics; left/right can't meme; narrative laundering; Fog Reveal v. Chaff, Pegasus v. Predator; obfuscation, false tells, making analysis inefficient, babble tapes, Operation Vula, quote stuffing, hydras, Vortex, Bayesian flooding and unselling, FaceCloak; exploits and asymmetry; Fog Reveal, ECHELON, warrantless mass surveillance, fusion centers, et al.; fogging, flooding, and surfacing, amplification, inhibition, wiping; Pegasus vs. Predator, Cytex, Intellexa, NSO Group, and mercenary spyware

Readings 2

The Gamification of Conspiracy: QAnon as ARG Hugh Davies from Obfuscation: A User’s Guide for Privacy and Protest Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum

Additional Reading & Primary Documents 4

Heterarchy Carole L. Crumley A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Games Colin F. Camerer, Teck-Hua Ho, Juin-Kuan Chong Guerilla Open Access Manifesto Aaron Swartz Fogging and Flooding: Countering Extremist Mis/Disinformation After Terror Attacks GNET Report

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