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The Orwell Test

I'm going to show you how to test if you're signalling obedience to the political tribe you have chosen to rule you. 

I'm not showing you which tribe is more worthy - all are governed by the same psychology. I'm showing you if you've chosen obedience over autonomy. 

The "Orwell Test" in Action

Here is how to take it: 

Take any policy that smells authoritarian and ask its defenders:

If the other side did this exact thing, would you call it Orwellian?
  • 90% will say yes.
  • 90% will then defend their side doing it.
That's not hypocrisy-it's tribal epistemology. 

The same brain that aces the 1984 quiz fails the 1984 stress test. There are many such tests which work the same way for different contexts.

This test has shown you how to test if you've given up part or all of your prior freedom so that you can be seen by the rest of the tribe as a loyal member. It shows if you are 'signalling obedience'. 

If you fail the test you will not be conscious of it. In fact, if you fail the test, you will deny its happening, with all your intellect. And your ego will convince you of your autonomy for the rest of the day.

If you pass the test you will simply accept the fact that you are doing it - you will have brought your shadow out into the open - a significant matter of personal development. The good news does not require 'acts'.

The motive for being seen as obedient is the biggest factor governing your success in the world you have chosen to believe in. Obedience far outweighs abstract principles such as truth, giving charity, having empathy. 

Obedience is the most powerful motive for you personally. Because if you do not signal your obedience well enough to your tribe, you risk exile from it. Which is tantamount to a death sentence eventually.

Am I just the hand, or the brain?


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