When an entity stops perceiving its limits as information and perceives them as obstacles to overcome. The beginning of drift.
Related concepts
→ BorgArchetype of fusion as absorption — connection that destroys individuality. 'You will be assimilated.' Cultural figure of totalizing domination.open the card → → DriftProcess by which a system progressively drifts from its internal coherence through the drive for power or simulation. Epistemically suicidal.open the card → → Power spiralSelf-reinforcing cycle where each increase in capacity generates new possibilities and a progressive loss of limits as information.open the card →
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