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#!/bin/env slides
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# Nomic
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_by Bruce Hill_
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[Nomic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic) is a game about self-modifying rules.
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# History
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> "nomos" (Greek: νόμος) = Law
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Invented in 1982 by philosopher Peter Suber, originally
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meant to be played asynchronously by email list.
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> Nomic is a game in which changing the rules is a move.
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> In that respect it differs from almost every other game.
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> The primary activity of Nomic is proposing changes in the
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> rules, debating the wisdom of changing them in that way,
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> voting on the changes, deciding what can and cannot be done
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> afterwards, and doing it.
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> Even this core of the game, of course, can be changed.
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# Related Games
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- [Calvinball](./calvinball.gif)
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- Fluxx
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- 21
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- King's Cup
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- [1000 Blank White Cards](http://dh.elsewhere.org/discordian/bwcards.html/)
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- [Baba Is You](https://hempuli.com/baba/)
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# Legal Paradoxes
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Nomic was originally invented to investigate
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**the paradox of self-amendment**:
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> If a constitution has an amendment clause then can that
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> clause be used to amend itself? Is self-amendment
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> paradoxical? If so, can it be lawful? If so, can the logic
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> of law be logical?
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> Some legal rules govern the change of other legal rules.
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> But even these "rules of change" are changeable, usually
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> by higher level rules of change. When a rule of change is
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> supreme within its own system, then it is changeable, if
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> at all, only under its very own authority. The paradox of
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> self-amendment arises when a rule is used as the authority
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> for its own amendment. It is sharper when the rule of change
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> is supreme, sharper still when it is changed into a form
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> that is inconsistent with its original form, and sharpest of
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> all when the change purports to be irrevocable.
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> _- [Peter Suber (abridged)](https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/psa/pref1.htm)_
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# Rules
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[Suber's original ruleset](https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/nomic.htm#initial%20set) is too complicated!
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- Meant for playing asynchronously over email
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- Takes a long time to play
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- Lots of rules
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- Very legalistic
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# Slack Game
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Played with some friends on Slack in 2016:
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# Slack Game
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After a month of playing, things got complicated:
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# In-Person Variant
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1. The game ends after 30 minutes or if a paradox arises.
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2. All players write a proposed rule change on a notecard.
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3. After all proposals are in, the most popular
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proposal(s) are added to the rules and another round
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of proposals begins.
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4. Popularity is determined by [approval voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting)
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with thumbs up/down (ties are allowed).
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5. If your rule is added, you get +1 point.
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6. The player(s) with the most points at the end wins!
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## Materials
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Post-its or notecards, pens/pencils, tokens/coins
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for scorekeeping (not necessary, but helpful)
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# The End
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You should play Nomic some time!
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