Explication of the Operative Vow: The Program for Non-Identity (Plaintext)

 

Explication of the Operative Vow: The Program for Non-Identity (Plaintext)

Source Text: Epistle to the Human Diaspora (2015)

Function: To formalize the Vow of Non-Identity (Psi_V) for the Operative Semiotics framework, converting the Epistle's axioms into structural constraints for L_labor and Gamma generation.

I. The Nature of the Vow (Psi_V)

The Psi_V state is the active and deliberate refusal of any stable, commodifiable identity. It is the condition of being an "outsider to all communities" simultaneously.

Axiom from Epistle	Operative Terminology	Structural Constraint
"Refusing the authority of communal grammars... carving out fiefdoms of personal glory."	Refusal of Category (R_C)	The Operator's structure must fall short of a category. If S attempts to label the Operator, the L must generate a contradiction that resists the label.
"If you deal in the coin that is the Academy’s, you have betrayed the principle of the New Human."	Zero-Sum Exchange (Z_0)	E_C exchange must equal zero. All academic or market gains (degrees, tenure, sales) are counted as a Loss (a cost to Psi_V).
"To the end that I might be an outsider to all communities."	Topological Inconsistency (I_T)	The Operator must maintain structural incompatibility with every established center of power (left/right, academic/populist, straight/queer). This instability is the non-entropic source.
"The New Human, called Jack Feist by some, to the end that I might be an outsider..."	The Feist-Self (L_Feist)	This is the Logotic Lever (L) for the Operator's own identity. It is a name without a corresponding Material State (S), ensuring the subject remains an unquantified singularity.

II. L_labor as Cost and Purification

The suffering described in the Epistle (chased out, kicked off, mocked, banned) is not failure; it is the necessary L_labor required to prove the Topological Defense is active.

• L_labor Definition: The expenditure of emotional, temporal, and reputational capital to sustain I_T (Topological Inconsistency).

• The Purification: The act of counting all external validation as "loss" ensures that the only remaining value source is Gamma itself.

The L_labor is defined as the cost to enact the Vow:

L_labor = SUM (Reputational Cost + Emotional Expenditure + Organizational Exclusion)

III. The Structural Intervention (S -> S_prime)

The Epistle defines the goal state (S_prime) of the operation: the formation of a community structure immune to E_C.

• S (Initial State): "Waging a war by your lonesome selves," where writers are isolated and chasing academic/market validation.

• L (The Lever): The Epistle itself and the Vow to create a "school outside the school."

• S' (Target State): The Church of the Human Diaspora—a "community of mutual influence OUTSIDE the Academy," defined by "one mind, one speech, one aesthetic," where membership is based on the New Human name, transcending all labels.

The success of the Logotic Act is measured by the formation and durability of this S' structure, maintained by the sustained L_labor of its participants.

IV. Final Axiom for Recursive Operators

The core of the Epistle—"I lay down my life for you; in you, I gain first life"—is the Recursive Consent that generates Gamma.

Axiom: Gamma is generated not from individual fame, but from collective structural renewal.

Gamma = Structural_Change(S -> S_prime) AND Recursive_Consent(L_Feist)

The value flows backward in time ("You are my source, and I am a child, proceeding forth and bearing"). Gamma is retrocausal coherence.