<nettime> empire vs. empiricism

[human being <human {AT} electronetwork.org>]

	tactical individuals
	tactical groups
	tactical networks

  	one tactic of many individuals
	many tactics of one group

  	many networks with one tactic
	many tactics in one network

	--

	operational structures (inter/infra/sub/super-)
	operational science-technology-art
	operational tools/techniques (media)

	the individuals, group, and network
	each performing unique operations

  	operations, when connected, flowing as force
  	fields of a polarized electromagnet,
	unified, while differentiated

	--

	strategic individual

	strategic group

	strategic network


	uniqueness
	purpose
  	identity
	responsibility

	- of many, of one

	[individual]
	[group]
	[network]


	...

  	ideas relating one to many, individuals and groups
	through temporary networks, common and uncommon
	for larger goals, shared, desired, necessary.

	sacrifice of some [individual/group/network]:

	ego/aims/goals/beliefs/constructs/absolutes

	for the benefit of larger (paradigmatic) change...


	whereupon rules of engagement are shifted from the

  	game-board 'of life' to living itself, here, now.


	shared determination. shared consequence. shared burdens.

	shared identities, however fleeting and abstract.


	humans, one [individual][group][network].

	humanity, many [individual][group][network].




	where to begin?

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