7/11/2021> We were on a plane, don't know where. The seating was more like a movie theatre. We sat behind K [hipster NYC girl] then L [friend, who also happens 2 be K's ex-roomate] wanted 2 show us something so went + sat next 2 her. She was asking our opinion of 20 interactions @ a deli counter (being displayed up on the screen). @ 1st we thought they were her real-world interactions but then realized they were comedic skits that were hilarious + were part of a TV series she had called 20 Interactions @ a Deli Counter. 2 the left of was sitting sum woman who was breastfeeding + we got stuck holding the baby in place + it was awkward cuz if we left she might be offended but it was creepy we were holding the baby while she was breastfeeding. She didn't really know what she was doing, not holding the baby properly so if we let go the baby would have just fallen 2 the floor. It was getting 2 that point in the flight where every 1 was dozing off + we didn't want 2 be stuck sitting next 2 this breast-feeding mom. We wanted 2 go sit w/ K [who was really J] + tell her about L's TV show.

7/15/2021> Still debating how 2 proseed w/ Thriver meme. Don't think we'll continue w/ the current online work-in-progress but take it offline 2 print on paper. Either way we want the language 2 be more consciously competent. We have a lot of unused material 2 work with, but not quite sure how 2 fit it in... like Cage or McKenna, we're thinking of using the I Ching as a guide. Not 2 consult so much (which we've done plenty of in the past) but 2 use the 64 chapters 2 structure Thriver meme + guide our thinking. Most I Ching books are arranged according 2 the the King Wen sequence (文王卦序) but we find the Fu Xi (伏羲 ) sequence 2 be a more elegant arrangement cuz it corresponds 2 a binary seekwinds (if u take yin = 0 + yang = 1). In fact, it was the Fu Xi sequence that inspired Leibniz (arguably the true father of calculus) 2 come up w/ the binary #ing scheme by which all computer technology is founded upon. The original I Ching numeric arrangement was based on the Hetu (Yellow River Map—also created by Fu Xi) + the Luoshu (Luo River Scroll, also called the Lo Shu Square):

Yellow River Map                                                                                                    Luo River Scroll

The problem w/ the above maps is that black (filled in) circles represent even #s + open (white) circles represent odd #s. It's unfortunate this notation wasn't mapped to 0 + 1, but not only did the Chinese not use binary #ing systems, but they didn't have a concept of the # 0 (they used a blank space 2 demarcate 0, which is interesting in itself...). More traditionally, I Ching has been ordered by octagons of triads that are combined 2 form the hexagrams (also attributed 2 Fu Xi, who was inspired by spider webs):

A lot has been written about this stuff regarding cosmology, natural energy (Feng Shui), etc. but 4 now we are only interested in using this binary Fu Xi sequence 2 order our thoughts in regards 2 writing Thriver meme. The problem w/ the above representation is that u don't just go around the circle, but have 2 jump across ½-way + switch directions (granted we could re-arrange the triads above but then it loses it's traditional symmetry... but wow, how it flows w/ the yin-yang!). E.g. in order 2 follow the sequence 1–8 (000, 0001, 0101, 011, 100, 101, 110, 111) u start @ the bottom w/ 000 + move counter-clockwise but then when u get to 011 u have 2 flip to 100 (kitty-corner on the other side) + then go clockwise to 111 to get the triads in binary order (+ then do the same w/ each 2 get the 64 hexagrams, which gets confusing). Arranged in an 8 x 8 grid, the hexagrams in binary order would be:

But 2 find the corresponding text w/in the I Ching u got 2 do a lot of flipping around. It's hard 2 find a mapping of the King Wen sequence remapped in binary order, so we're including 1 here 4 our own reference (+ 4 any 1 else that cares): {2, 23, 8, 20, 16, 35, 45, 12, 15, 52, 39, 53, 62, 56, 31, 33, 7, 4, 29, 59, 40, 64, 47, 6, 46, 18, 48, 57, 32, 50, 28, 44, 24, 27, 3, 42, 51, 21, 17, 25, 36, 22, 63, 37, 55, 30, 49, 13, 19, 41, 60, 61, 54, 38, 58, 10, 11, 26, 5, 9, 34, 14, 43, 1}

So if u wanted 2 read the I Ching in binary (Fu Xi) order, here's the corresponding hexagrams + the chapter seekwinds u would take (+ in typical fashion we started counting w/ 0):

00). 000 000 — ䷁ — 2 — Field, Flow
01). 000 001 — ䷖ — 23 — Splitting Apart
02). 000 010 — ䷇ — 8 — Grouping
03). 000 011 — ䷓ — 20 — Contemplation
04). 000 100 — ䷏ — 16 — Providing For
05). 000 101 — ䷢ — 35 — Prospering
06). 000 110 — ䷬ — 45 — Clustering
07). 000 111 — ䷋ — 12 — Standstill, Stagnation
08). 001 000 — ䷎ — 15 — Modesty
09). 001 001 — ䷳ — 52 — Mountain, Bound
10). 001 010 — ䷦ — 39 — Limping, Afoot
11). 001 011 — ䷴ — 53 — Infiltrating, Development
12). 001 100 — ䷽ — 62 — Preponderance of the Small
13). 001 101 — ䷷ — 56 — Sojourning
14). 001 110 — ䷞ — 31 — Conjoining, Influence
15). 001 111 — ䷠ — 33 — Retiring, Retreat
16). 010 000 — ䷆ — 7 — Leading, Troops
17). 010 001 — ䷃ — 4 — Enveloping, Discovering
18). 010 010 — ䷜ — 29 — Gorge, Repeated Entrapment
19). 010 011 — ䷺ — 59 — Dispersing
20). 010 100 — ䷧ — 40 — Deliverance, Untangled
21). 010 101 — ䷿ — 64 — Not Yet Fording, Before Completion
22). 010 110 — ䷮ — 47 — Confining, Oppression
23). 010 111 — ䷅ — 6 — Arguing, Conflict
24). 011 000 — ䷭ — 46 — Ascending, Pushing Upward
25). 011 001 — ䷑ — 18 — Correcting, Work on the Decayed
26). 011 010 — ䷯ — 48 — Welling
27). 011 011 — ䷸ — 57 — Ground, Breeze, Calculations
28). 011 100 — ䷟ — 32 — Duration, Perseverance
29). 011 101 — ䷱ — 50 — Holding
30). 011 110 — ䷛ — 28 — Critical Mass, Great Preponderance
31). 011 111 — ䷗ — 44 — Coupling, Meeting
32). 100 000 — ䷁ — 24 — Returning, turning point
33). 100 001 — ䷚ — 27 — Swallowing, Mouth Corners
34). 100 010 — ䷂ — 3 — Sprouting, Hoarding, Difficulty @ the Beginning
35). 100 011 — ䷩ — 42 — Augmenting, Increase
36). 100 100 — ䷲ — 51— Shake, The Arousing
37). 100 101 — ䷔ — 21 — Gnawing Bite
38). 100 110 — ䷐ — 17 — Following
39). 100 111 — ䷘ — 25 — W/out Embroiling, Pestilence
40). 101 000 — ䷣ — 36 — Brilliance Injured, Intelligence Hidden
41). 101 001 — ䷕ — 22 — Grace, Adorning
42). 101 010 — ䷾ — 63 — Already Fording, After Completion
43). 101 011 — ䷤ — 37 — Dwelling People
44). 101 100 — ䷶ — 55 — Abounding, Fullness
45). 101 101 — ䷝ — 30 — Clinging Fire
46). 101 110 — ䷰ — 49 — Revolution, Molting, Bridle
47). 101 111 — ䷌ — 13 —Fellowship, Concording People
48). 110 000 — ䷒ — 19 — Approach, Nearing, Forest
49). 110 001 — ䷨ — 41 — Diminishing, Decrease
50). 110 010 — ䷻ — 60 — Articulating, Limitation, Moderation
51). 110 011 — ䷼ — 61 — Inner Truth, Central Return
52). 110 100 — ䷵ — 54 — Converting Maiden
53). 110 101 — ䷥ — 38 — Polarizing, Opposition
54). 110 110 — ䷹ — 58 — Joyous Lake, Usurpation
55). 110 111 — ䷉ — 10 — Treading (Conduct), Continuing
56). 111 000 — ䷊ — 11 — Pervading, Peace
57). 111 001 — ䷙ — 26 — Potential Energy, Great Taming
58). 111 010 — ䷄ — 5 — Attending, Arriving, Moistened
59). 111 011 — ䷈ — 9 — Small Harvest, Little Accumulation
60). 111 100 — ䷡ — 34 — Great Invigorating, Maturity
61). 111 101 — ䷍ — 14 — Great Possession
62). 111 110 — ䷪ — 43 — Displacement, Breakthrough
63). 111 111 — ䷀ — 1 — Creative Force, Key

This is all 2 be taken w/ a grain of salt off coarse, just an arbitrary scheme 2 guide our thinking. If ever u read Thriver meme (+ we end up following this scheme), doubt you'd even notice.