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The Balcony
- In Jean Genet's play "The Balcony," city leaders hide in a brothel during a revolution.
- Sex workers wear their clothes, quell the riot, and assume authority.
Memetic Desire and Rebellion
- Memetic desire drives us to replicate ingrained stereotypes, hindering true rebellion.
- We crave familiar leadership, lacking new models for progress.
Story, then Act
- Actions happen twice: first as a story or fantasy, then in reality.
- Fantasies have a will to manifest, turning into simulations we de-simulate into the real world.