{"id":15023,"date":"2023-01-04T19:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T11:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/?p=15023"},"modified":"2025-01-13T23:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:58:38","slug":"psychofauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/psychofauna\/","title":{"rendered":"psychofauna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">our ancestors got picked off by megafauna, our peers get picked off by psychofauna<\/p>&mdash; Visakan Veerasamy (@visakanv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/1588796630287147009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRatkaj\/status\/1620101904343904256\">@BenRatkaj said<\/a> he wanted a psychofauna bestiary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Etienne <a href=\"https:\/\/etiennefd.substack.com\/p\/preamble-to-a-psychofauna-bestiary\">Preamble to a Psychofauna Bestiary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorations.ph\/p\/durkheim-on-the-nature-of-psychic\">Durkheim on the Nature of Psychic Megafauna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/\/ <em>Set of notes for future reference.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Egragore? Oh, you mean psychic megafauna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>our ancestors got picked off by megafauna, our peers get picked off by psychofauna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[screeching digital pterodactyl swoops in and just grabs your buddy at the dinner table, he wilhelm screams as he gets dragged kicking and screaming into gender discourse]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just as noblemen&#8217;s armor was useless against longbows, pre-2000s memetic defenses are useless against psychofauna guerilla tactics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just as our ancestors eventually learned to defeat the megafauna though, i have faith that we will eventually learn to defeat the psychofauna. some of us, at least. it will be a messy and ugly period of learning, with a lot of casualities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i didn&#8217;t signpost this too explicitly (overly explicit signposting attracts psychofauna attack), but I wrote both <a href=\"http:\/\/gum.co\/FANbook\">Friendly Ambitious Nerd<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gum.co\/introspect\">Introspect<\/a> to arm people for this. but it&#8217;s not quite enough, not yet. i will die not having done enough, so i gotta enjoy myself as i go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gods, egragores, memes, psychic megafauna, don\u2019t die from being attacked \u2013 that often in fact makes them stronger. they die from being bypassed, being made unnecessary, irrelevant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2731 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I originally used the phrase &#8220;psychic megafauna&#8221;, and then subsequently contracted that down to &#8220;psychofauna&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">our ancestors got picked off by megafauna, our peers get picked off by psychofauna<\/p>&mdash; Visakan Veerasamy (@visakanv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/1588796630287147009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m gonna throw some words at you, you throw me words that vibe similar.  Good? Good. <br><br>&#8211; hyperobject<br>&#8211; psychofauna<br>&#8211; egregore<br>&#8211; \u2026<\/p>&mdash; River Kenna (@the_wilderless) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_wilderless\/status\/1609204869285531651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">want <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jxaAalWLKJ\">pic.twitter.com\/jxaAalWLKJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ben (@BenRatkaj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRatkaj\/status\/1620101904343904256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/sanjehorah\/status\/1767147106987540839\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">let a thousand psychofauna bloom<\/p>&mdash; roon (@tszzl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tszzl\/status\/1765483721044713972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So after 5yrs of work, I finally launched my novel today as a weekly serial! And now\u2026there are 191 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1uidDMFsb\">https:\/\/t.co\/V1uidDMFsb<\/a> subscribers holy smokes \ud83e\udee8<br><br>Psychofauna is a crazy blend of sci-fi &amp; fantasy set in 2025, when everyone wakes up telepathic. A few very maladjusted\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SBpcHnPsfc\">pic.twitter.com\/SBpcHnPsfc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tyler Alterman (@TylerAlterman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TylerAlterman\/status\/1785073025890603360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@BenRatkaj said he wanted a psychofauna bestiary. Etienne Preamble to a Psychofauna Bestiary Khalil Durkheim on the Nature of Psychic Megafauna \/\/ Set of notes for future reference. Egragore? 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