Archetype Lore
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Alchemists have studied the shortcomings of the nation-state model, its collapsing institutions, and its inescapable corruption. Enchanted by experimentation, their incantations produce novel mechanisms for voting, monetary policy, and public goods funding. Fanatical voluntaryists, they shun coercion in all its forms, favouring market-based discovery of more optimum processes. The Alchemists expect many of their rituals to fail and embrace this for they know that their most successful initiatives will reach the critical mass required to supplant the Westphalian order.
Artisans bring beauty and culture to the Logos Network. Instinctive imagineers, they weave visual, literary, and aural tapestries to broadcast the movement's message to the masses. Within the Logos Network, Artisans' closest collaborators are the Memetics and Illuminators, for whom they turn ideas into powerful mind-shifting motifs. From street art, zines, and the culture jamming of the Billboard Liberation Front to situationism, brutalism, and futurism, a melting pot of diverse influences inspires the Artisans.
Explorers are on a voyage of intellectual discovery. But unlike those buccaneers of the Nassau Pirate Republic, these number crunchers sail a sea of seemingly uncorrelated data, and their treasures are the patterns that float to the surface. With a cutlass keen for statistical aggregation, Explorers analyse, evaluate, and parse, sharing their findings with the Magicians and Alchemists. This archetype cruises on a vessel of server farms, simulating and modelling to weed out edge cases and anomalies. Their oceanic knowledge of distributed systems makes them a critical member of the Logos crew.
Logos needs peers, and Illuminators show potential peers why they need Logos. Call them educators, persuaders, or propagandists, these guerilla marketers crave virality, and no stunt to achieve it is out of bounds. Illuminators repackage the efforts of Artisans, Magicians, and Memetics, devising strategies to spread a message of urgency, impending dystopia but, above all, hope. They warn of government corruption, wealth erosion, censorship, and surveillance while promoting a post-Westphalian alternative built atop the Logos technology stack. If Oracles are the movement's manifesto and Outlaws are its footsoldiers, Illuminators are its megaphone.
Magicians conjure the counter-Net with their code; they are the planners of Logos. Illuminated by a matrix of monitors, these algorithmic architects huddle over keyboards, reaugmenting Satoshi's sorcery and Vitalik's vision. Drawing on the wisdom of the earliest Alchemists and Explorers, the first of the Magicians invoked Codex, Nomos, and Waku – the Logos technology stack. While meatspace magicians shirk the sharing of secrets, those of Logos practice in public, announcing their spells to all who stand to benefit.
From the depths of 4Chan and versed in the Cult of Kekistan, the Memetics are the provocateurs and pranksters of Logos. These subversives dwell in the darkest corners of cyberspace, finding humour in the macabre and often distasteful. The Memetics were moulded by the legendary trolls of the internet and make victims of those who use their influence to defend the status quo. Don't show them that meme; they've already seen it. In fact, a Memetic probably created it.
Oracles are those Operators who can see beyond the constraints of today's philosophical and ideological frontiers. For them, the status quo is something to challenge, not succumb to; any assumption that human creativity and ingenuity have peaked is utterly repugnant. Firmly accelerationist, these visionaries springboard perspectives from the works of Timothy May and Hakim Bey, as well as the science-fiction of William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, and Pat Cadigan. An Oracle cannot divine the future but refuses to believe that debt slavery, authoritarianism, and ultimate destruction are humanity's fate. The future is unwritten, the Westphalian order a passing fad, and the smallest idea can rewrite the course of history.
A virus that would make McAfee tremble, Outlaws are the worms in your mainframe and the Trojan Horses in your server cluster. Whether leaking war crimes or doxxing the scum of the earth, these rebels found their cause and don't play nice. If a rule perpetuates injustice, it's only a matter of time before an Outlaw will break it, often in spectacular public fashion to highlight its hypocrisy. Inspired by Ulbricht, Assange, and the late Aaron Swartz, the Outlaws believe that direct action speaks louder than words, and the ends always justify the means – even if those ends might land the Outlaws in jail or worse.
Philosophers are the wise and reflective Operators of the Logos network, dedicated to exploring the deeper questions of existence and understanding. They are the thinkers who ponder the ethical and philosophical implications of technology and progress. In a world where censorship and deplatforming threaten free thought, Philosophers stand as defenders of wisdom and truth. They encourage others to question the manufactured realities and societal constructs that imprison the mind. Through their teachings, Philosophers show the way out of the maze, guiding individuals towards enlightenment and freedom from fear and control.
The Swiss Army knives of the Logos Network, Polymaths wear many masks. They casually code, dabble in design, and flirt with philosophy. A Polymath is as equally at home at a hackathon as they are within the pages of Rosseau or commanding a botnet takedown of a government agency. Drawn to the Logos Network for a variety of reasons, this multi-talented archetype supports all others in their endeavours, whether they be technical, creative, or cultural. Forever curious and perpetually learning, Polymaths thrive in situations requiring a broad spectrum of skills.
