Noise is borrowed. Signal is lived. Force bends us to others’ rules; power flows when we trust our own.
Reflecting today, I noticed how often we listen to noise — the judgments of others — instead of the quiet signal of intuition.
A parent posted here that their child said they “use the embarrassed smile emoji wrong,” and mention they overuse it. But is that true reflection, or just force disguised as feedback?
David Hawkins, in *Power vs. Force*, reminds us that force is external, demanding conformity, while power arises from authenticity.
Even an “overused emoji” isn’t wrong — it’s simply expression. When we stop policing ourselves through borrowed judgments, we reclaim power.
Noise fades. Signal endures. Listen inward.
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MERZBOW To Release Sedonis Album In June; “Sedonis A” Single Streaming
https://bravewords.com/news/merzbow-to-release-sedonis-album-in-june-sedonis-a-single-streaming/
#Merzbow #Sedonis #SignalNoise #MasamiAkita #AvantGarde #NoiseMusic #JapaneseArtist #Kaiju #Barunga #Ultraman
Today, legendary Japanese artist, Merzbow, announces Sedonis, his latest full-length album, set for release on June 27 via Chicago sound art label Signal Noise. The album stands as a formidable entry in Masami Akita’s vast catalog, which has forever redefined the boundaries of music and remains as vital and uncompromising as ever. Lead track “Sedonis
With the destruction of #twitter the artist #JamesWhite and his brand #signalnoise lost a home for his amazing #80s #artwork|s and #design|s. You can find them here: https://signalnoise.com/
In his latest #vlog (https://youtu.be/UA7Rgw6zrjk ) he talks about being on #instagram and joining #threads, which is really sad. Maybe some of us should contact him on #discord for joining the #fediverse, maybe via #mastoart ( @digitalart )?
And I'll also note that amongst my reasons for not using Reddit much at all:
The tools suck. Mod, posting, discussion, all of it. I've written about this for years. And at some point even my dim brain has come to realise that sites / services which haven't changed glaring deficiencies in all likelihood never will. (Hello, Google+, Ello, Diaspora*, ...)
The most active sub, /r/dredmorbius (and yeah, that's what my avatar here represents, something ... I really should change) ... has itself been both all-but-inactive and highly Reddit-critical for 5+ years now.
The discussions ... just aren't useful. Some subs are good for generating suggestions / surfacing content, but I've generally got much better ways of doing that now. Mostly traditional research methods: reading books, tracking down bibliographies and citations, that sort of thing.
Uninformed / manipulative / abusive chatter ... #AintNobodyGotTimeForThat
(This from someone who's online presence dates to Usenet pre-Morris Worm.)
#Reddit #RedditBlackout #OnlineDiscussion #TheHuntForClue #Clue #SignalNoise
@jec Yes, this is very much what I'm getting at.
There are some Mastodon tools you can use, more on that in a follow-up.
On the concept itself, earlier writings:
Cheap Rejection as a Feature
Builds the idea that cheap and fast no-gregats information rejection is a feature in an information-rich world:
[M]ental models are not simply modeling devices, but information rejection tools. Borrowing from Clay Shirkey’s “It’s not information overload, it’s filter failure”, the world is a surprisingly information-rich space, and humans (or any other information-processing system, biological or otherwise) simply aren’t equipped to deal with more than a minuscule fraction of it. We aim for a useful fraction. It paints an incomplete, but useful picture.
Even a bad model has utility if it rejects information cheaply.
<https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/ab83b940180801391b0d002590d8e506
Refutation of Metcalfe's Law revisited: network effects meet Sturgeon's Law
https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1yzvh3/refutation_of_metcalfes_law_revisited_network/
On bullshit, S/N, craft, respect, and originality
https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1sdvma/on_bullshit_sn_craft_respect_and_originality/
#SignalNoise #Information #InformationOverload #CheapRejection #Models #Satisficing #InformationTheory
Cheap Rejection as a Feature I’m increasingly convinced that worldviews / mental models are not simply modeling devices, but information rejection tools. Borrowing from Clay Shirkey's "It's not information overload, it's filter failure", the world is a surprisingly information-rich space, and humans (or any other information-processing system, biological or otherwise) simply aren't equipped to deal with more than a minuscule fraction of it. We aim for a useful fraction. It paints an incomplete, but useful picture. Even a bad model has utility if it rejects information cheaply: without conscious effort, without physical effort, and without lingering concerns or apprehensions. It's a no-FOMO mechanism. Usually, what happens is that we apply our bad models to a given scenario, act, process the new resulting scenario, and notice that that is obviously not favourable, and take appropriate actions to correct the new circumstance. Net loss: one round of interaction. Net gain: not su...
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