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30 OCT 2004
Funny megalomania
Turning back to theory runs the risk of megalomania, saying this theory is the key to the new age. That's not bad. It's funny. It's in the script already, and it might work as policy. The funny movement is about spreading this stupendous news, rather than being funny, which may well be beyond our reach, except as deluded news-spreaders.

Will it work for me? I think so. It says my theory so far, long over the watershed, is my great contribution, good news for everybody. Becoming funny myself is of only minor import.

There's energy in megalomania. I can invoke it as true belief, highest urgency. I do believe in the urgency of change. Where's my required disbelief? That would be making it a performance, a fiction, futile. Success is as entertainment, not belief.

The opposite of megalomania is trivia, and I've had a tendency to toss off funny money as trivial, joke over. Instead I should play it with inspired certainty. It's still impossible, but at a higher level of seriousness. And funniness.

It's a posture, perfect for rebellious youth. We're adopting an opposing view to the whole power structure and status quo. We know it's an act, and impossible, and funny. Disbelief applies all around.

I can be quite serious in my role of engineer, which is a funny position to take, rather than prophet or missionary. Engineering is the only job I know.
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