A study of co-isolated dynamic multiplicities that retain their specificity
In this world, there are ways of speaking that can establish a self-reinforcing feedback loop that distorts perception. It is especially prevalent among professional contexts. For instance: crypto and trading crowds exude over-confidence (conviction helps take risks but also — drive crowds to the cliff) corporate speak projects control (you have to appear like you are in charge but [ ]
There are multiple ways in which a network can be represented as a body. One can of course question whether it s necessary to do that, but the real issue here is what affordances such representation allows. Seeing a body as a network. Feeling a network as a body. Some parts of the body are undeniably, physically, [ ]
In this world, people sense things. They might rely on their senses, but since their scope may be limited (and also infinite), there are also devices that can be used for this same purpose. We call them sensors. Sensors are special because they enhance perception and let us see the beyond our limitations. They extend our senses. Becoming extrasensorial or [ ]
What is a rhythm that comes "from the heart"? And how can we use it to communicate an emotion across human species and beyond?
A change can be of many different kinds, but the one we re particularly interested in is the change that is fractal. Fractal change is intriguing because it is prevalent in nature. The most adaptive, resilient processes in life—from our heartbeat, breathing, and movement to the coastal and plant growth patterns and galaxy distributions—are fractal in nature. Studying [ ]
Humans have always toyed with the idea of immortality. Some argue that death gives a meaning to life; some would have liked to live forever. Leaving that argument aside, another intriguing development is in place. You can now back up your way of thinking to the cloud. Not that it hasn t been possible before. People have [ ]
Suppose there is a certain way things are. Some call it the Truth, some call it Theory. The question is, do you really need to study all the books that have been written before to better understand that truth? Or is it better to spend all this time practicing the truth, implementing the theory, and living [ ]
Many people practice affirmations these days. Affirmations are short, positive statements that people repeat to themselves, often daily, with the intention of influencing their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. They re commonly used in self-help, motivational practices, and some psychological or therapeutic contexts. “I am strong and capable.” “I attract positive energy.” “Every day, in every…
The interplay between meme-driven truth and attention reveals a cycle of short-lived beliefs, trading, and collective adaptation. As memes spread, they can unify but also risk triggering extinction. Meme investment is a gamble—balancing hope with the risk of loss, echoing societal dynamics of power and the potential for evolution.
A book of texts and drawings on polysingularity in motion. Comes with a card game set to induce ecological variability in everyday life and perception. By Dmitry Paranyushkin (drawings and texts) Purchase this book on the Circadian Press website. This book and the included card game propose to explore the different states of change [ ]
What is the true meaning of freedom? Freedom is commonly understood as autonomy from external constraints, the ability to do whatever you want, to resist power structures, and to act without restraint. Such understanding of freedom makes it a highly idealistic (and ideological) concept, and it s enshrined into national constitutions, government slogans, education, and culture, [ ]
We live in a world that has multiple dimensions, however, too often we are forced to reduce everything to a single one. A simple straight line with opposite ends is used to define reality in all its complexity. Pro or anti. Black or white. Woke or conservative. Democrat or Republican. 1 or 0. People force [ ]
Many people are critical of capitalism and neoliberalism. There are multiple other things they may be critical of, but for the sake of convenience, it can be interesting to stop here. This is pure neoliberalism . This is so capitalistic . It s like the words neoliberalism and capital became synonyms for the word evil There is no doubt [ ]
Programming is pretty straightforward. One has to decide on a certain logic and then implement it in a set of instructions that will combine actions and responses to various feedback loops. It is very defined and precise in this way. An algorithm is programmed and this algorithm follows a certain protocol and implements it along [ ]
One could say that diagnosis and surveillance are friends. They detect deviation. When it is identified, it is categorized and acted upon. The objective is to normalize and to minimize. To minimize the risk of infection, we recommend that you wash your hands thoroughly. We should try to minimize our carbon footprint. To normalize one s [ ]
How to modulate variability of attention and perception in order to promote ecological thinking? This article proposes a method and its practical implementation.
In a recent Joe Rogan interview, Elon Musk expressed his sympathy for the anti-globalization movement. One of the main reasons, according to Musk, was that the increasingly interconnected world created a fertile ground for all kinds of memes, concepts, and mind viruses that could infect a large portion of the population. We don t know whether [ ]
The world is gripped by the collective anxiety proliferated by live death-count dashboards, exponential charts, and frightening headlines that promise the imminent apocalypse. The real extent of the problem, however, is not really known. The decisions are made based on incomplete data. Worst-case scenarios are used to implement social and economic policies without a proper discussion or long-term…
If you think that practicing “social distancing” is the right thing to do, you should have stayed at home before you even heard of Coronavirus. Your chances to kill someone with a normal seasonal flu are higher than with Covid-19. Coronavirus is dominating the news and the collective consciousness. People are panicking and practicing [ ]
“What is the problem your software is solving?” Usually, if you cannot answer this question, you are expected to stop doing whatever it is you are doing and reconsider. After all, we live in a world of immediate gratification. If you cannot resolve a real and existing need then you do not deserve the resources [ ]
Too often we re driven by the notion of value that has nothing to do with us. In the most basic case we might think that something is valuable just because it can be measured in something else: the money or the amount of attention that it can be exchanged for. // How many likes did this post [ ]
Что мы легитимизируем тем, что мы делаем?
A book of meditative drawings and scientific poetry on the practice of polysingularity of perception and the art of creation with somebody you love. By Anastasia Pilepchuk (drawings) and Dmitry Paranyushkin (texts) Purchase this book on Circadian Press website. This is a book on giving a voice to the streams, letting the streams take you [ ]
In this world, annihilation is known as the movie, Annihilation. In this movie we encounter the new form of alien life, which does not use flying saucers or other means of aerial transportation (nor any sort of conventional transportation) to reach the humanity and invade. Instead, they choose to invade through the DNA. Attracting a [ ]
In this world, there are things that inhabitants do on a regular basis: be it routine actions or practice. Every time they act they can ask themselves: What do I legitimize with what I m doing? Example 1. When you re reading this text from the screen of your iPhone or any other device you are legitimizing several things and [ ]
During my practice, between 2015 and 2018, I liked to use the term Special Agent . Apart from other elements, it consists of two words: special and agent . Why? The word special relates to one s specialty: be it a brain better suited for solving mathematical problems or the ability to cook amazing Italian food. To be [ ]
Special Agent s Manual Download PDF We have multiple manuals for devices and systems, but almost none for our body/mind. This manual is especially designed to resolve this issue. It offers a set of concrete methodologies, exercises and practices that can help activate the special agency from within, functioning as a cognitive stimulant. Based on ∞OS [ ]
The more something lacks the more it is needed. The absence produces desire. The presence precedes the absence. a sudden distraction extraction pre-occupation ostentation retaliation. Only 0 days 17 hours 14 minutes 29 seconds left Otherwise it will be too late. Only today and only tomorrow. Touch me and we will never talk [ ]
Cognitive stimulants are the things that alter perception and stimulate imagination and sensitivity. Their main importance is in bringing different points of view and expanding the phase space of possibilities available at every moment of time, acting as a deterrent against stagnation, boosting innovation and evolutionary development. Any form of expression can manifest itself as [ ]
The report below was written in response to Changing the Picture – the conference on storytelling and technology that took place in Berlin s Babelsberg studios in November 2016. Everyone lives in the stories they re telling themselves. Many of those stories are imagined and told by somebody else and that s where the one who speaks can have [ ]
While most surfers ride the waves with their bodies, Crimean surfers ride the waves with their нутро or gut chakra . This changes everything, including the surfer and the concept of surfing itself, but as everything that is simple it also demands more explanation. Crimea is a beautiful desolate peninsula located at the Black Sea. It [ ]
A post on Facebook says there was 9/11, now there is 11/9 . The scale of disaster is almost comparable: who could have predicted that Donald Trump would become the next president of the US? A recent piece from NiemanLab (a leading think tank on journalism) asks if this election is the turning point for media s [ ]
We already have operating systems for machines, but what we really need are the operating systems for humans. A working proposal of the new body/mind operating system for human beings.
A working proposal and an ongoing practice for body/mind open source operating system based on adaptive development and 8-like oscillatory wave motion at its core.
The program below was created using a combination of rhythms that have the highest dynamic variability as opposed to standard 4/4 replications. For the maximum effect it is recommended to use a good quality sound system with a good low-frequency response range.
A field study on the relation between in~formational flow, its properties, and entropy of substance.
The transcript below is the summary of the introductory section on Embodied Network Dynamics offered by Nodus Labs / Special Agency as an online course or a 2-hour long workshop session. Polysingularity is a practice of soma~cognitive / body~mind reconfiguration. The main intention of the practice is to explore altered states of consciousness by [ ]
Polysingularity Letters, Volume 3 is out and available as a limited edition printed book or an interactive e-book PDF download. In this publication we lay bare all the main principles of polysingularity as well as everything that is related to it. Polysingularity Letters is available at Motto Distribution (online or at their shop on Skalitzer [ ]
Recognition: from Latin re- again and cognoscere know . To know again and again, because you ve already known before. Something can be recognized because it is familiar, a problem may be recognized ~ acknowledged, somebody may be recognized because they are already known, somebody may also be recognized for what they are. One could assume that [ ]
This article was written as a response to terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015 and in Brussels in 2016. Terror works when it instills fear (from Latin terrere ‘frighten’). When something works there will be more and more of it (positive reinforcement feedback loops are everywhere). Therefore, the reaction to terror is its fuel and its [ ]
A selection of contemporary classical music, ambient, experimental, and dream techno tracks. Carefully blended to infuse low-frequency oscillatory movement for soothing effect on somacognitive constitution. The materials that constitute our body are undoubtedly of this Earth and have participated in and experienced the creation process of the Earth. Therefore our body, living here and [ ]
In this world, there are stereotypes and then there are archetypes. Accordingly, one can live a life that is governed by stereotypes or one can live a life that is governed by archetypes. Or both – to a certain extent.
In this world, everyone wants to have their personal space . A space where their persona can extend, stretch, and feel free to function. The subjects of our study pay double to have a little bit more of their personal space in the 1st class of a train.
In this world, whenever you cross a border, be it a physical border, a more abstract transgression, or anything else, there will always be people who will position themselves on that demarkation line.
A state of war is a state of exception, which pushes one to take a position: to fight back, to pray, to protect, to hide, to escape, to start acting and change the world, to be afraid and stay immobile, to give blood, to learn first-aid, to learn self-defence, to pretend like nothing is going [ ]
One of the quantum mechanics postulates says that by the very act of watching, the observer affects the observed reality. A common-place knowledge among security people: watching somebody who s just about to steal through a CCTV screen actually makes them aware of being watched and prevents the act of stealing. People comply. People do what s [ ]
This is morally incorrect they might say. // declaration of variables Morals are about the proper conduct, the customs. Ethics is the science of morals (meta-level zoom out). Interestingly, the interest towards ethics increases, while the interest towards morals decreases. (especially since 1940) After all, what is right and what is wrong in the [ ]
In this world, there are many different kinds of dreams, including the lucid ones. But one particular type of dream of interest is the Dream that is Incorporated.
Everybody is special and everyone is an agent. Every human being is special even if just because they are unlike anyone else – hence, the special . Every human being acts in the world – hence, the agency . So even if you don t yet know it, you are [ ]
Now that those days are gone And the rooms are brighter with the light that we couldn t see before And the air is fuller with the silence that we couldn t hear before Let s embrace this newly found emptiness silently observe and give in To the breeze of this newly found air. [ ]