Prelude
a b c d e f g
Contents
i ii iii iv
Dieu et mon droit
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Tat Tvam Asi
7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 Mechanics of Evolution
9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 70 1 2
3 Environment
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 90 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 1 2
4 Physiology of the Individual
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 110 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 120 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 140
5 Fabric of Society
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 150 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 160 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 170 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 180 1 2 3 4 5 6
6 The Shrine of Content
7 8 9 190 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 210 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 In His Own Image
7 8 9 220 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 230 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 240 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 In Search of Enlightenment
9 250 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 260 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 270 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 280 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 290 1 2
9 Mutation
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 310 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 320 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 330 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 340
10 Power of Prayer
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 350 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 360 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 370 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 380
11 Revelation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 390 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 400 1 2 3 4
Bibliograpy
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Index
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Esteem is about reputation. It is a foundational concept in the establishment of trust through experiential identity. Within small, stable groups we ascribe reputation to others based on our observations of their interactions. In so doing, we compile an experiential identity archive for others within our mind. In some instances, we augment our personal observations with the reputation imputed to others. In particular, if we don’t have direct observations, we may adopt reputations for others as attested to by trusted third parties. Thus we arrive at an internal assessment of reputation as well as an external assessment. With respect to the much broader, technical manifestation of social orders that we are now considering, we approach the determination of reputation in much the same way. With respect to the transcendent personal device itself, we must consider an internal component and an external component. The internal component is based on causality and process; causality of the device, beginning with its design and manufacture, and process through which the device is provisioned and operated. The external component is based on experiential identity; of the device, of the device’s bearer as presented through the conduct and results of interactions, and of other entities as attested to by trusted third parties. Previously, in considering the need of or for esteem, we have observed that it is related to the human mind’s development of the facility of empathy; that within any given environment, we assess the situations of others based on an assessment of our own position within that environment. This internal yardstick of reputation, that we call self-esteem, forms a basis for assessing the reputation of other entities, either directly manifested or mediated by trusted third parties; for example, if we have low self-esteem, we may overestimate others, and conversely, high self-esteem may lead us to ignore possible help. So, how do these characteristics of esteem translate into required facilities of the transcendent personal device?

The first order requirement is that the transcendent personal device be accurately confident of itself. It must have an established level of trust that it is functioning correctly, not within some altered state of consciousness. A corollary to this level of trust is the need to be able to enter such an altered state of consciousness in a trustworthy manner. This manner will most typically be through an appropriate ritual as defined, for the device, by trusted protocols through which the trust infrastructure can be altered. To establish these levels of trust, the transcendent personal device must be assured of its own physical security and be confident in the security of the processes that it effects. It must, therefore, have ongoing trust in the physical integrity of both the body and trusted core agent, it must have trust in the software that is running on both and it must have trust in the relationship and interactions with its bearer.

A growing threat of personal electronic devices is their subversion during the design and manufacturing phase. The risk is that computer viruses or other forms of malevolent software be installed on the devices prior to their final provisioning and personalization on behalf of their bearers. Then, once placed into operation, they serve to intercept information and to surreptitiously provide it through network connections to attackers. This threat potential reinforces the need to establish the basis of trust in the causality of the device’s design and manufacture. Fully provisioning the need for esteem requires the chain of trust to be congruent with the device itself.

For large scale purchases of any product, the consumer can make use of special protocols through which to establish trust. We’ve noted that within the current environment of secure core acquisitions, it is not uncommon for an issuer (a large-scale consumer of secure cores) to perform detailed audits of the secure core manufacturing facilities. This entails tracing the chain of trust all the way back to the seminal design activities of both the body and secure core agent. From this

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