The Dark Prince Fails the Insight Test

Sixth and final test with which to proof a story for its Disinfolklore attributes is: Insight / Wisdom.

Prince and the story fails this test miserably.

Wise prince would have offered child a teaching on the wisdom of seeking salvation in material possessions.

Source: Definitional Disinfolklore

And insight. Is it insightful? So we all enjoy a joke and things which don’t matter. But we should look into, like there’s a certain form of humour. I’m thinking, for instance, Ricky Gervais and the UK office, where every joke is at the expense of someone. And a lot of us engage in this kind of humor, and it’s not insightful. And so if we use these six criteria, we proof any outgoing communication, according to them and any incoming. And if it fails any of them, then we can run a new battery of tests. And obviously we need to do this instantaneously. So Rome wasn’t built in one day.

Source: Swifty Decoding Interview

In the Dark Prince worked example (see Tool 6), the prince gives a begging child a Mercedes. This passes Generosity but fails Insight/Wisdom because it teaches dependency. A wise prince would have offered a teaching. Tool 12 asks: does this meme increase understanding, or does it substitute spectacle for substance? “Rome wasn’t built in one day” — the Code is an aspiration, a practice that sharpens over time.

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